#Acidification of waters around the main Hawaiian Islands is expected to reach unprecedented levels within next three decades

Best case scenario: Coral will be impacted by projected unprecedented acidification of waters around main Hawaiian islands

New study from researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology also provides hope that that impact could be manageable; meanwhile, five Indo-Pacific coral species received critical habitat protections this week, potentially preventing their mass extinction.