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Novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean discovered

June 20, 2018
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A large-scale study of the Earth’s surface ocean, co-authored by SOEST professor Michael Rappé indicates that the microbes responsible for fixing nitrogen there include an abundant and widely distributed suite of non-photosynthetic bacterial populations.

UH Sea Level Center expands forecasts with new federal funding

November 9, 2017
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$5 million from NOAA will fund research of vital topics such as sea level rise and coastal flooding.

Exploring the ocean’s deepest zone with $1.2M Keck Foundation grant

October 30, 2017
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UH Mānoa is on track to build a Hadal Water Column Profiler which will enable high quality physical, chemical and biological sampling of the water column from the deepest zone in the ocean—the hadal zone.

Hilo students spend month at sea researching coral health in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

October 11, 2017
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Rosie Lee, Colton Johnson and Keelee Martin spent a month as part of a NOAA research team studying the effects of climate change on reef and fish populations.

New gene catalog of ocean microbiome reveals surprises

August 17, 2017
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UH researchers discovered nutrient limitation is a central driver in the evolution of ocean microbe genomes.

Hawaiʻi nearshore fishery provides big benefits

August 14, 2017
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The study argues that fully appreciating the multitude of benefits the nearshore fishery provides to society is a crucial step towards sustainable management.

Hundreds of species of fungi in deep coral ecosystems discovered by UH Mānoa botanists

July 11, 2017
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Mesophotic reefs in the Auau channel continuously disclose breathtaking levels of biodiversity, yielding species and behavioral interactions new to science.