Severely degraded coral reef (IMAGE)
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Hawaiian coral communities have undergone an alarming decline due to pollution, climate change and overfishing. Greg Asner, ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Scientist, has spent the last decade monitoring these impacts, from the land, sea and air; from ocean heat waves to agricultural runoff to the chemistry of the oceans. Asner says it's time to turn the tide by more deeply connecting human and coral communities for a more resilient future. ʻĀkoʻakoʻa (pronounced ah kō-a kō-a), a new community-based effort, looks to fuse state-of-the-art science programs with the leadership and cultural knowledge of Hawaiʻi’s community partners to enable coastal and reef sustainability for generations to come. In this image, a severely degraded coral reef is visible.
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