$6.36M supports Pacific climate change resilience
Researchers will address pressing regional and community-specific climate challenges in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.
Pacific Islands wildfires highlight vulnerability to climate change and how to address it
This editorial by UH Mānoa Assistant Specialist Clay Trauernicht was posted in The Hill on August 20, 2021.
Could moss, recycled fishing net roofs keep homes cool?
Shelby Cerwonka and Jasmine Reighard began the project in March 2020 researching which type of moss to use and how to gather materials they needed.
Wild pigs threaten species worldwide; Hawaiʻi hit hard
The findings highlight concerns about their impacts particularly on islands and to species that receive less conservation attention.
Indigenous practices could assist endangered waterbird recovery
The findings provide useful information in discussions at the federal level to down-list the endangered aeʻo to the level of “threatened.”
Pew fellowship to advance ocean conservation for ecological economist
Assistant Professor Kirsten Oleson will receive $150,000 over three years.
Caffeinated forests? Coffee pulp restores tropical forests in Costa Rica
Coffee pulp eliminated the non-native grasses allowing the native forest to thrive.
Closing Palau fisheries leads to lessons for Pacific
The lesson learned is applicable to Hawaiʻi in that policies to protect the ocean should consider the impact on food systems in order to avoid unintended environmental consequences.
UH team to develop wildfire risk system
The cost of brush fires in Hawaiʻi take its toll and a University of Hawaiʻiteam hopes to create predictive models to better prepare authorities.
Urgent global plea to reduce plastic pollution
The team assessed the impact of three broad management strategies at different levels of effort to estimate plastic emissions by 2030 for 173 countries.
