Our coral reefs all over the world play a vital role. Specifically in Hawai'i, coral reefs bring in over $370 billion yearly, through recreation and food. Recently though there has been great concern because coral reefs our bleaching which could lead to the death of our coral reefs. Bleaching is caused from stressors such as pollution, in this case chemicals in sunscreen.

If coral reefs die then we will looses our on  all the benefits of them, which can cause a downfall of not only our ecosystem but also our economy.

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A science based experiment was conducted in order to find data on specific chemical found in sunscreen, homosalate.