Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Ni?o cycles
The team found that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation could intensify rapidly over the coming decades and synchronize with other major climate phenomena.
M¨¡ori leader brings Indigenous power to UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of Te P¨¡ti M¨¡ori and a member of New Zealand¡¯²õ Parliament.
$2.4M to bolster Wai?anae coast¡¯²õ climate resilience
A UH project aimed at boosting climate resilience on Oʻahu¡¯²õ Waiʻanae coast has been awarded a $2.4 million grant.
Marine robots field tested in K¨¡ne?ohe Bay to better understand coral reefs
The successful trial represents a major step toward a more scalable and highly accurate method for mapping and monitoring coral reefs.
Hawai?i at the cutting edge: UH turns up the heat on materials science research
Researchers at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute of Geophysics and Planetology are leading new initiatives to advance materials science across the state.
Okinawan songs uncover centuries of climate, geological history
The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands according to a new UH study.
UH scientists, WWII seaplane helped build template for remote research
UH researchers embarked on one of the most ambitious tropical field experiments ever attempted: the Line Islands Experiment.
Protecting Hawai?i¡¯²õ beaches: $550K NSF grant to better predict water quality risks
This project will investigate how coastal hydrologic forces influence the accumulation, movement and discharge of fecal contaminants in beach aquifers.
Plastic pollution disrupts recovery of threatened coral reefs
New research reveals that plastic pollution poses a significant, unseen threat to the survival and recovery of endangered coral reefs.
Sharks, rays, chimaeras further threatened by deep-sea mining
The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur.