Decline and recovery of coral reefs linked to 700 years of human and environmental activities
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 22:30
in Earth & Climate
Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to a new study. Using the reefs and island societies as a model social-ecological system, a team of scientists reconstructed 700 years of human-environment interactions in two different regions of the Hawaiian archipelago.