{"id":31674,"date":"2015-02-11T11:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T21:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=31674"},"modified":"2021-10-06T10:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:24:14","slug":"uh-hilo-researchers-present-findings-on-the-impact-of-tropical-storm-iselle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/11\/uh-hilo-researchers-present-findings-on-the-impact-of-tropical-storm-iselle\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo researchers present findings on the impact of Tropical Storm Iselle"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Tracy Wiegner, UH<\/abbr> Hilo professor of marine science, talks to the local community about her findings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> visited the local community of Vacationland to present their findings on the effects of Tropical Storm Iselle that hit the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> island on the night of August 7, 2014, wreaking havoc on coastal communities in Puna. A website<\/a> now provides public access to the research data on post-Iselle recovery, including the recovery of the Waiʻōpae tidepools in Kapoho.<\/p>\n

The Vacationland community, which is located on the Waiʻōpae coastline, requested UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s involvement in assessment of recovery after Iselle. On February 7, UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s Misaki Takabayashi, Tracy Wiegner, Makani Gregg and Louise Economy presented the data they have collected so far at a Vacationland Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community Association<\/a> meeting.<\/p>\n

“The face-to-face sharing of our research is helping the community understand what is happening in their backyard,” says Takabayashi<\/strong>, an associate professor of marine science who is researching the reef at the Waiʻōpae tide pools. “The attendees were generally appreciative of our efforts so far and had lots of informed questions,”<\/p>\n

Website on the research team’s findings<\/h2>\n

The newly launched website<\/a> also provides an exclusive look into their research on post-Iselle recovery of the Waiʻōpae<\/span> tidepools and the nearby coastal environment.<\/p>\n

“This website contains the purpose of the research, video documentation of our research efforts, and updated results,” says Takabayashi.<\/p>\n

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