N.C. State: Huge Sea-urchin Populations are Overwhelming Hawaii's Coral Reefs
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 28 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
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Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii's coral reefs
As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of recovery.
The phenomenon is described in a new study that uses on- . . .
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Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii's coral reefs
As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of recovery.
The phenomenon is described in a new study that uses on- . . .