Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
A report found coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”
New program supports Asian American, Pacific Islander students in geoscience
The $209,243 grant project aims to improve the awareness of geosciences among AAPI undergraduates.
$2.7M for ocean floats, satellites to give UH scientists new ocean, climate insights
Seth Bushinsky received four grants totaling more than $2.7 million to use satellites and ocean floats to gain new insights into the global ocean.
Pioneering ocean acidification research finds grave concern for coral reefs
Christopher Sabine has devoted his life to understanding the connections between the ocean and anthropogenic carbon.
Student dives into ocean monitoring internship
Peter Felicijan¡¯s internship taught him to download temperature, salinity and other water quality data from the sensors; make moorings and prepare sensors for field deployment
From marine snails to sharks, UH alum to pursue wildlife conservation
Michaela Johnson discovered that ±á²¹·É²¹¾±ʻ¾±¡¯²õ intertidal waters can sometimes reach temperatures that lead to higher mortality of marine snails.
Climate change is accelerating, according to comprehensive study
UH scientists contribute to three reports discussing the impacts of climate change and El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
How the moon’s ‘wobble’ worsens coastal flooding
This editorial by University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Assistant Professor Philip R. Thompson was posted in The Hill on July 20, 2021.
Climate change likely to increase rainfall rate, cloud formation
An undergraduate student worked to develop a computer model of clouds to simulate the effects of climate change on cloud formations.
UH grad fosters reef stewardship, inspires Hawai?i¡¯s keiki
Tina Huynh-Nguyen conducted research on a non-native, invasive seaweed that is threatening Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s native marine biodiversity.