UH at the forefront of king tides and sea-level rise research
The public has the opportunity to get involved documenting high water levels and related impacts through the King Tides “citizen science” project.
Climate change research at UH Hilo: Near shore water quality
Researchers are investigating climate driven shifts in staph and MRSA for water resource and land management solutions.
Climate change research at UH Hilo: Fishpond management and restoration
Researchers are studying current conditions in several fishponds in Keaukaha in order to restore, sustain and manage them better in the face of climate change.
Climate change research at UH Hilo: Monitoring the coasts for signs of erosion
Researchers are using small unmanned aerial vehicles to make predictions on how the rise in sea level will affect the coast and what that entails for communities.
Climate change research at UH Hilo: Collecting data on forests and trees
Researchers believe the biggest challenge that Hawaiian tree species will face in the future is how quickly they will get water, especially in higher temperatures.
Climate change research at UH Hilo: tree rings and bird song
Professor of biology Patrick Hart and his research team are studying the endemic māmane tree and palila bird to learn how to predict future environmental changes.
Environmental science undergraduate students make new Hawaiʻi discoveries
Mia Delano and Kaitlyn Nelson conducted research on coral’s tolerance to changing ocean conditions and the vulnerability of Hawaiʻi communities to projected sea level rise.
Milutin Milankovic Medal awarded to climate researcher Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann, a researcher at the International Pacific Research Center, has been recognized for outstanding research on long term climatic changes and modeling.
Scientists drill deep to gain insights into East African climate history
Researchers from all over the world gathered at Lake Challa, an East African volcanic lake, to uncover its hidden record of the climate history.
A new study concludes warm climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2
Led by UH Mānoa’s Tobias Friedrich, this study took a different approach in calculating climate sensitivity—using data from the history of Earth.
