$2.4M federal grant boosts UH’s AI-driven farm irrigation system
The project will leverage data from a dense network of weather stations across the islands, feeding it into an innovative AI-enhanced irrigation management system.
White House taps UH, others to prepare for Pacific’s future
A UH delegation met with a group from the University of the South Pacific in June 2024 to help launch this new initiative.
Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal’s expansion will help prepare Pacific
Climate monitoring stations are planned for American Samoa and Guam.
Gov. Green announces Climate Advisory Team, all with UH ties
The team is charged with developing policy recommendations to minimize the impacts of future climate-related natural disasters and to speed recovery from the damage they cause.
Pacific Disaster Center, Ghana address increasing climate and disaster risks
The delegation from Ghana and PDC also visited the Maui County Fire Department for a briefing on the recent Maui wildfire disaster.
UH invites leaders, community to create sustainable, innovative future
Advancing a Circular Economy in Hawaiʻi will be held at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center on December 13.
Hawaiʻi’s weather women: Elevating the impact of atmospheric sciences
Three distinguished female faculty are further elevating the department’s research and prestige, making atmospheric waves in climate modeling and cloud microphysics.
New funding to focus on future prevention of wildfires, trauma-informed education
Three projects focus on data science and the fourth focuses on the human element.
Increased heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change
Human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have caused an increase in day-to-day rainfall fluctuations over the tropical eastern Pacific and mid-latitudes.
$424K grant to better predict weather, climate through machine learning, AI
Peter Sadowski’s project will help forecast solar irradiance and precipitation.
