Beat of Hawai’i: Some Hawaii Roads Have Nowhere Left To Go
POSTED IN: News | Rapid Resilient Reefs for Coastal Defense
Originally Posted:
09/16/2026

Hawaii is now testing a very different way to protect vulnerable coastlines. Instead of building another wall along the shore, researchers are placing 60 massive concrete structures in the ocean off Oahu and trying to grow a living reef on them to see how it works.