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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2019, file photo, Greg Asner, left, director of the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science at Arizona State University, prepares to dive on a coral reef off the Big Island near Captain Cook, Hawaii. Flooding in March 2021 in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage, and the runoff from these increasingly severe storms is also threatening Hawaii's coral reefs. Although coral reefs worldwide face threats from global warming, including marine heatwaves that bleach and kill coral, storm runoff could prove a more serious and immediate threat to reefs in the state. "In Hawaii, I would rate runoff much higher than marine heatwaves in driving coral decline," said Asner.
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