#Reefense

First large-scale hybrid reef deployment launched at Kalaeloa to combat erosion and rising seas

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, in collaboration with DARPA and the University of Hawaiʻi, has launched the Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef Project, a first-of-its-kind nature-based engineering initiative that integrates engineered structures with living coral to protect coastal highways from erosion and rising seas.

UH finds that 3D-printed shelters increase baby coral survival rates

To dramatically increase coral survival rates, scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology have developed innovative 3D-printed ceramic structures that provide crucial protection for baby corals.