HONOLULU, July 2 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Coral reef decline driven by climate change could cost Hawaiʻi residents between $1.8 billion and $3 billion in lost reef-related activities by 2100, according to a new study published in Ecological Economics. The research projects these burdens will not fall equally, with lower-income and disadvantaged communities in the state facing disproportionate impacts.
The study was led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR), alongside scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the University of Trento. It is one of the first studies to combine detailed ecological ...