resistant corals
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga's declaration that Manu’a’s marine and rainforest resources be developed has inspired a flurry of private sector economic development. At the heart of the development is the evidentiary research of Dr. Peter Craig of the National Park Service and...

![NPS diver officer Bert fuiava snorkels in the shall Ofu pools. This lagoon provides scientists with a living laboratory to study the impacts of rising sea temperatures on corals. Together with their partners from the Coral Reef Advisory Group and the National Park of American Samoa, scientists are trying to figure out what makes the territory’s coral reefs more resilient than others, and how lessons learned locally might help corals that are in decline elsewhere. [photo: Changing Seas] Bert fuiava snorkels in the shall Ofu pools.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nps_diver_web.jpg?itok=Bpk4yjNS)