Lifetime achievement award for UH Mānoa botany professor
David Duffy was awarded the Pacific Seabird Group’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to seabird management and conservation science.
Century of plant data available through Lyon Arboretum interactive map
Users can filter by plant family or other traits and view the location and information for 1,054 arboretum accessions currently on the map.
Beam signing marks halfway point of Life Sciences building project
UH Mānoa students, administrators and officials signed their names on the final beam of the building’s steel structure before it was lifted into place.
Study shows indigenous agriculture could play vital role in Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi could have sustained approximately 250,000 acres of traditional agroecosystems, potentially producing more than one million metric tons of food annually.
New mudweed species threatens Hawaiʻi marine environments
A team of scientists in the Department of Botany discovered a new species of leather mudweed.
Hybrid forest restoration benefits communities and increases resilience
UH Mānoa researchers quantify social, ecological, and economic costs and benefits of alternative forest restoration strategies.
UH project designed to foster research collaboration across disciplines
The UH Manoa Biocultural Initiative of the Pacific is part of a $500,000 multi-university project that will explore how to make interdisciplinary research more effective and impactful.
Trailblazing microbiome research receives $1M W.M. Keck Foundation grant
This will be the first time an entire watershed, ridge to reef, has been studied to map its microbial communities and their ecosystem processes.
UH-led research shows forest conservation can aid coral reefs
Scientists from UH Mānoa use new models to identify where forest conservation efforts will minimize human impacts offshore.
New limu species revealed in Hawaiʻi’s deep waters
UH Mānoa researchers were awarded $792,021 by the National Science Foundation to describe the new species of limu, or marine algae, from Hawaiʻi’s deep waters.
