2014-2015 -- 56% of Big Island Coral Died

[MarkD]

One outcome here appears to be that that coral will migrate north (or south) to cooler waters. Below link has an interesting diagram of the Barrier Reef. But for the lower part of the Hawaiian archipelago, things don't look good (unless increased rainfall in the main islands would offset ocean warming.)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/gre...-bleaching