Ads by Google
Ads by Google
hawaii reserch
COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef.
Minutes later, like clockwork, they see eggs and sperm from spawning coral drifting past their boat. They scoop up the...

![Coral grow in a tank at a lab at the University of Hawaii's Institute of Marine Biology in Kaneohe, Hawaii on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Scientists are trying to speed up coral's evolutionary clock to build reefs that can better withstand the impacts of global warming. For the past five years, researchers in Hawaii and Australia have been conducting experiments to prove their Darwinian theories work. They say they do, and now they're getting ready to plant selectively bred and other lab-evolved corals back into the ocean to see if they can survive in Nature. [AP Photo/Caleb Jones] Coral growing in tank at Coconut Island research station, Hawaii](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/coral_grows_in_tank_web.jpg?itok=Wp9DVP8o)