UH Hilo-led algae research may produce energy with negative CO2 emissions
A conceptual model of Algae with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage system would generate electricity while sequestering carbon dioxide.
From camera-touting environmental scientist to award-winning documentarian
Scott E. Schimmel uses his environmental science background to explore the human experience, ranging from the challenges of coastal sustainability to the fight against poverty and hunger.
Climate scientist Christopher Field speaks on accelerating the search for solutions
Field presents “Climate Change Impacts and Solutions: Finding the Accelerator Pedal” at the UH Mānoa.
Ocean climate change research sets benchmark
UH has completed 300 research cruises to Station ALOHA, about 60 miles north of Oʻahu, one of the best-sampled places in the world’s oceans with a decades-long record of how the ocean responds to climate change.
Acidic oceans pose global coral reef threat
Many of the world’s coral reefs could begin to erode within 30 years as a result of increasing ocean acidity, according to a paper in Science co-authored by UH Mānoa Professor Eric DeCarlo and former graduate student Patrick Drupp.
UH experts appointed to city climate change commission
The role of the commission, which includes UH Mānoa's Rosie Alegado, Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher, is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawaiʻi.
Research reveals how climate change may affect Hawaiian fishpond aquaculture
Results published recently in PlosONE indicate that there is a relationship between two periods of high fish mortality at Heʻeia Fishpond and changes in the climate.
UH scientists sign second warning notice to humanity
Fifty scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi are among the more than 15,000 scientists who signed the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice.
27 ways heatwaves can kill
According to associate professor of geography Camilo Mora, the significance of this deadly heat will depend on the sensitivity of the human body to heat.
Two UH campuses host An Inconvenient Sequel screening and Al Gore webcast
UH Hilo and Leeward CC are participating in the nationwide screening of the powerful follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
