Climate change research at UH Hilo: tree rings and bird song
Professor of biology Patrick Hart and his research team are studying the endemic māmane tree and palila bird to learn how to predict future environmental changes.
Birth control for mosquitoes targeted at saving Hawaiian birds
Â鶹´«Ã½Manoa and Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo scientists are working to reduce the population of mosquitoes that threaten native bird species.
Live streaming exploration of deepwater areas of Samoa
The expedition will sample volcanoes at different stages in their development, including the young active volcano, Vailuluʻu, and the older Samoan volcanic feature that defines the island of Tutuila.
Hottest, most buoyant hotspots draw from primordial reservoir deep in the Earth
Findings in Nature journal are based on original 2012 study by Â鶹´«Ã½Manoa geologist Jasper Konter.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ receives top international ranking for earth and environmental sciences
Research in ocean and marine sciences along with geology, geophysics and mineral physics and climate sciences contributed to the Nature Index ranking.
A daily disturbance from the upper atmosphere leaves its footprints on tropical rainfall
UH Mānoa researcher Takatoshi Sakazaki published a study in Geophysical Research Letters to determine the root cause of the temporal patterns.
New study revises estimate of the greatest mass extinction
The research by UH Mānoa’s Steven Stanley introduces new methods for calculating mass extinction and provides a more accurate picture of the history of life on Earth.
Native squid and its bacterium may help human and environmental health
The Hawaiian bobtail squid is helping build UH’s microbiome research capacity.
Newly discovered intergalactic void repels Milky Way
By identifying the Dipole Repeller, researchers are able to explain both the direction of the Milky Way’s motion and its velocity relative to the rest of the Universe.
New ocean observations improve understanding of motion
UH Mānoa oceanographer Bo Qiu determined limitations of using sea level height to calculate ocean circulation.