UH research reveals how volcanic eruptions affect El Niño
The recent study found that volcanic cooling occurred mostly outside the tropics, shifting winds that favor onset El Niño conditions.
UH Press set to publish long-running Asian study journal
UH Press will release its first publication of CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral & Performing Literature starting with the summer 2020 issue.
UH Press publishes first digital monograph
The open-access edition of Balancing the Tides: Marine Practices in American Sāmoa by JoAnna Poblete highlights U.S. marine practices affecting the indigenous communities of American Sāmoa.
Saving coral reef fisheries with management areas
The study found that marine management areas are too small and allow some human use within their boundaries, limiting their ability to restore depleted fisheries.
Susceptibility to carcinogens varies due to genetics
Published in Nature Reviews Cancer, the study suggests certain individuals are more susceptible than others.
Surprising growth rates discovered in deepest photosynthetic corals
The study alters the assumption that deep corals living on the brink of darkness grow extremely slowly.
Physical activity to benefit people with genetic risk of obesity
Researchers used data from participants across the U.S. and found interactions drive a person’s body mass index further up or down.
Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative celebrates 20 years of lifting communities
Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative was created in 2000 as a statewide effort to promote health-supporting environments through systems and policy change.
Recent data shows most common cancers in Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Cancer at a Glance, 2012–2016, includes data on cancer incidence and mortality in the state of Hawaiʻi.
Indigenous voyaging data not being documented
The lack of critical, ongoing documentation of this specialized knowledge results in misunderstanding and even misrepresentation.
