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.
National women’s association recognizes two UH students
UH Mānoa graduate students Taylor Brack and Georgia Fredeluces earned American Association of University Women grants that will allow them pursue academic work designed to empower women and girls.
Plant cam keeps a watchful eye on extremely rare plant
Deep in the Honouliuli Forest Reserve a sophisticated monitoring system is being administered by the Pacific Biosciences Research Center to observe Caly or cyanea calycina.
Grant enables UH Mānoa team to study Hawaiʻi’s intertidal ecosystem
Joanna Philippoff, assistant specialist at UH Mānoa’s College of Education, was awarded $44,000 from the UH Sea Grant College Program for professional development for middle and high school science teachers and internships for students.
Bringing multiple values to the table in Hawaiʻi land-use decisions
UH researchers developed a collaborative approach to assessing the multiple values that different ecosystems in Hawaiʻi provide and how collaboration with stakeholders can help evaluate and compare the potential future uses of pastureland.
Rarely seen bloom visible at Lyon Arboretum
The 55 year old talipot palm is blooming—the palms flower only once and can do so from when they are 30 to 80 years old.
