To inform the community about critical issues facing Â鶹´«Ã½, the seminar series is offering special online programming in collaboration with University of Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½ Sea Grant) television series every Thursday from 2–3 p.m. for the month of August. Each episode will feature UH researchers, graduate students and more.
Viewers will learn about how Hanauma Bay¡¯s ecosystem is responding to the COVID-19 closure; how Â鶹´«Ã½,¡¯s 88,000 cesspools are impacting the nearshore environment; the science of growing corals for restoration; and the efforts to save nearly extinct birds through the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Participants will have the opportunity to talk to the featured UH researchers during and after the episode, and will also be entered into a drawing for a free pair of Maui Jim sunglasses.
Advance registration is required using the links below:
- August 6:
- August 13:
- August 20:
- August 27: (part 2)
For more information call Â鶹´«Ã½, Sea Grant¡¯s Hanauma Bay Education Program at (808) 397-5840 or email hbaynews@hawaii.edu.
—By Cindy Knapman