Following the devastating Maui wildfires of August 2023, the University of Hawaiʻi is spearheading projects totaling $2.1 million to address the impacts to air and water quality, public health, ecosystem resilience and community evacuation responses. Utilizing cutting-edge techniques such as AI-enhanced data collection and computational modeling, researchers aim to deliver crucial insights to boost disaster resilience and enhance …

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Congratulations to our Change HI team members on their 2024 tenure and promotion! University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Tenure and Promotion Belcaid, Mahdi—Associate Professor, College of Natural Sciences Promotion Hintzen, Katy D—Associate Extension Agent, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Tenure and Promotion Hong, Sukhwa—Associate Professor, College of Business and Economics See …

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Undergraduates at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa were inspired to build a giant antenna to explore hundreds of miles above the planet. The antenna, known as an ionosonde, project began after a lecture from atmospheric sciences Professor Giuseppe Torri about phenomena that can occur in the ionosphere, one of the highest layers of the Earth’s atmosphere. The ionosphere …

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WASHINGTON, April 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) rainfall index insurance to include Hawaii beginning in 2025. The PRF insurance option protects livestock producers against feed loss due to lack of precipitation, providing producers on the Big Island of Hawaii with coverage for grazing acres. This …

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In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, “water is life” — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an island, but what it means to live, period. But now, one of the largest of the island chain’s land masses is facing a triple threat …

Hawaii is “on the verge of a greater catastrophe,” locals say, as water crisis continues Read More »