UH Sea Level Center expands forecasts with new federal funding
$5 million from NOAA will fund research of vital topics such as sea level rise and coastal flooding.
27 ways heatwaves can kill
According to associate professor of geography Camilo Mora, the significance of this deadly heat will depend on the sensitivity of the human body to heat.
University of Hawai‘i cacao among world’s best
Cacao from H.C. Bittenbender’s field trials in Pearl City, Waimānalo and Kualoa was among the top winners announced at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris.
Researchers hope to boost local breadfruit through citizen project
The ʻUlu Phenology project invites members of the community to “adopt” a local ʻulu tree and observe its lifecycle events.
UH 惭ā苍辞补 scientists part of a $6 million grant to investigate aquatic viruses
Oceanographers Grieg Steward and Kyle Edwards received a National Science Foundation grant to probe how viruses impact microbes critical to our lives—from producing oxygen to growing food.
Exploring the ocean’s deepest zone with $1.2M Keck Foundation grant
UH 惭ā苍辞补 is on track to build a Hadal Water Column Profiler which will enable high quality physical, chemical and biological sampling of the water column from the deepest zone in the ocean—the hadal zone.
Small asteroid or comet ‘visits’ from beyond the solar system
A small, recently discovered asteroid or comet appears to have originated from outside the solar system, if so it could be the first “interstellar object” to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
Documenting the last permafrost in Hawai?i
Scientists and their students surveyed the change in the permafrost that was first documented in the 1970s in cinder cones on Maunakea.
Technology showcase highlights UH researchers
Potential game-changing research from three UH professors were highlighted at the UH Tech Showcase as part of the 麻豆传媒 Innovation Initiative.
UH Hilo researchers designing sustainable wastewater systems for local industries
UH Hilo Hilo Professor Shihwu Sung is committed to doing his part to help 麻豆传媒 Island industries utilize more renewable and sustainable energy sources.