How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

Mongabay
Nov 4, 2026, 4:19 am65 ptsTrending
On Sept. 8, Hurricane Lowell ripped across the Pacific Ocean and around Hawai‘i, sloshing huge waves onto O‘ahu’s west flank and spitting baseball-sized chunks of coral through the window of at least one home. Hawai‘i and its coastal highways, which loop several of the U.S. state’s seven inhabited…

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How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

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