🌺 #Hawaii#Coral#artificialreef#UHManoa researchers will be installing concrete structures on the bottom of Kailua Bay near Ulupa’u Crater. The goal is to create a “living breakwater system” to prevent erosion while and provide a solid substrate for coral to grow on.

UH to deploy new innovative system aimed at protecting coral reefs from erosion

Concrete structures will be anchored to the seabed in Kailua Bay by early next year.