$5M to support Hawaiian, Pacific Island students in marine, environmental science
Over the five-year grant period, the team expects to support approximately 250 scholars.
4 Hawai?i Sea Grant fellows gain hands-on marine-management policy experience
The paid fellowship provides students the chance to obtain relevant resource management and policy experience in Â鶹´«Ã½.
$4M for UH-led marine carbon removal projects
UH Mānoa oceanographers received funding totaling nearly $4 million to transform the understanding of ocean alkalinity enhancement.
Increased heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change
Human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have caused an increase in day-to-day rainfall fluctuations over the tropical eastern Pacific and mid-latitudes.
Expedition to recover fossil coral reefs could be window into past, future
An international scientific research expedition, including local partners at UH, aims to recover a record of past climate and reef conditions off the coast of Â鶹´«Ã½ Island.
Cryopreservation breakthrough could save coral reefs
This milestone was conducted in Kāneʻohe Bay at HIMB and heralds a new age for cryopreservation and coral conservation.
El Ni?o, La Ni?a multi-year events could become more common
El Niño and La Niña events that persist for multiple years may become more common, which can exacerbate the associated risks of drought, fire, rains and floods.
International science fairs, ocean microbe research marks path of UH student
Undergraduate student Nicole Sulla Mathews joined the Â鶹´«Ã½ Ocean Time-series and got first-hand experience with oceanographic sampling and testing.
In a first, growth of deepest coral in Hawaiian waters measured
Below about 200 feet, calcification rates for light-dependent corals had previously not been measured.
Waik¨©k¨© sea-level rise adaptation strategy earns Mayor¡¯s Choice Award
A UH Mānoa team won the Mayor¡¯s Choice Award from American Institute of Architects Honolulu on July 28 for “Beachfront Sea Level Rise Adaptation.”