A new study from the UH Manoa shows coral reefs and other marine organisms are under threat due to increased acidification in waters around the Hawaiian Islands.

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa study showed there will be unseen levels of ocean acidification around the Hawaiian Islands. The acidification process happens as the ocean ...

Feb. 20—Hawaii's coral reefs during hurricane season are now better insured. Hawaii's coral reefs during hurricane season are now better insured. The Nature Conservancy recently announced its ...

In April, a proclamation from President Donald Trump opened the 490,000-square-mile Pacific Islands Heritage Marine Monument ...

"We know our reefs are under a lot of stress as it is," Jill Wirt, project manager for MNMRC, told USA TODAY. A 2015 bleaching event wiped out half of Hawaii's coral reefs , and most were off of ...

Researchers said Honaunau Bay now has an average of 51 sea urchins per square meter. This is considered to be the highest recorded density on coral reefs anywhere in the world.

Hawaii’s reefs protect populated shorelines from massive ocean swells and storm surges from tropical storms — a benefit the U.S. Geological Survey valued at more than $860 million a year.

There was a time in which Hawaii’s geographical latitude placed its coral reefs outside the zone of the type of climate-change-induced reef degradation happening in other parts of the world.

The Nature Conservancy announced this week that it has expanded its parametric insurance policy for Hawaii’s coral reefs, guaranteeing a sizable payout if a storm of a certain caliber hits nearby.

This month, an international team of researchers returned to shore after a two-month-long ocean expedition exploring fossil coral reefs off the coast of Hawai’i. The fossils provide a record of past ...