{"id":124055,"date":"2020-08-03T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=124055"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:50:51","slug":"online-series-hawaii-sea-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/03\/online-series-hawaii-sea-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"New online series explores critical issues facing Hawai\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Saving the kiwikiu. (Photo credit: by Zach Pezzillo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To inform the community about critical issues facing Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> the Hanauma Bay Education Program<\/a> seminar series is offering special online programming in collaboration with University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant College Program<\/a> (Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant) Voice of the Sea<\/em><\/a> television series every Thursday from 2–3 p.m. for the month of August. Each episode will feature UH<\/abbr> researchers, graduate students and more.<\/p>\n

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Hanauma Bay. (Photo credit: Sarah Severino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Viewers will learn about how Hanauma Bay\u2019s ecosystem is responding to the COVID-19<\/abbr> closure; how Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span>\u2019s 88,000 cesspools are impacting the nearshore environment; the science of growing corals for restoration; and the efforts to save nearly extinct birds through the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.<\/p>\n

Participants will have the opportunity to talk to the featured UH<\/abbr> researchers during and after the episode, and will also be entered into a drawing for a free pair of Maui Jim sunglasses.<\/p>\n

Advance registration is required using the links below:<\/p>\n