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A newly funded program will support research into coral reef restoration in American Samoa. The Conversation spoke with Kelley Anderson Tagarino, who works with the UH Sea Grant College Program and has lived in American Samoa since 2009.

New research from University of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology professor Joshua Madin shows how complex coral structure can increase a reef's chances of survival.

Hawaiʻi avoided the worst impacts of a recent marine heat wave in the North Pacific. But with marine heat waves occurring more frequently, it may not be long before the next major disaster strikes Hawaiʻi's coral reefs.

Ben Jones, director of ocean science and technology for the UH Applied Research Laboratory, spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the delayed reef and energy project moving to an area near Kalaeloa, Oʻahu.

A Stanford University Ph.D. student from Molokaʻi is researching coral genetics in Maui Nui. As HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, his results could impact our understanding of reef health across Hawaiʻi.

The Reef-Friendly Landscaping Summit taught culturally rooted practices for land care to help manage erosion and protect Kā‘anapali's near-shore areas.

Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement method to help Oʻahu's reefs.

The National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy will be used to protect reefs around Hawaiʻi, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Area and other areas.

The first prototype of a concrete block artificial reef will be placed in the ocean off Windward Oʻahu later this year or early next. The $27 million coastal protection project is meant to slow wave energy, reduce impacts to near-shore communities and support a coral reef ecosystem.

In an effort to protect Hawaiʻi's coral reefs, the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council is offering a new workshop about how some soils harm coral reefs. The Conversation talked to project manager Jill Wirt about the program.