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Bringing multiple values to the table in Hawaiʻi land-use decisions

April 12, 2018

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.

Climate scientist Christopher Field speaks on accelerating the search for solutions

March 12, 2018

Field presents “Climate Change Impacts and Solutions: Finding the Accelerator Pedal” at the UH Mānoa.

Researcher awarded Fulbright for work in geography of agriculture and food

December 19, 2017

UH Mānoa's Krisna Suryanata will spend six months in Indonesia sharing her conceptual tools in teaching and researching the political ecology of agriculture.

27 ways heatwaves can kill

November 9, 2017

According to associate professor of geography Camilo Mora, the significance of this deadly heat will depend on the sensitivity of the human body to heat.

Climate change course challenges UH Hilo students to find solutions

September 11, 2017

Students learn the scientific concepts behind climate change and then analyze current and future impacts, challenges and opportunities.

UH Hilo researchers part of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death combat team

June 20, 2017

Researchers are using an unmanned aerial vehicle at one of the epicenters of the rapid ʻōhiʻa death infection to monitor the damage.

Deadly heatwaves could affect 74 percent of the world’s population

June 19, 2017

A UH Mānoa study projects a continued rise of lethal heat episodes if carbon gas emissions continue to rise.

New book describes diverse food challenges faced by Hawaiʻi

November 10, 2016

Aya Kimura and Krisna Suryanata compiled rich discussions on land use, farming population and benefits and costs of biotechnology in new book.

New effort to understand drought in Hawaiʻi and U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands

October 27, 2016

UH Mānoa’s Abby Frazier leads a collaboration between UH and the USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center.

New book explores borders and the refugee crisis

October 11, 2016

Reece Jones' new book, Violent Boarders: Refugees and the Right to Move, offers a provocative look at the high cost of boarder security.