Project aims to make Hawaiʻi the first carbon-neutral state
The project aims to scale up planting to 100,000 trees next year, and 1,000,000 tree plantings annually starting in 2021.
New publication helps communities rebuild safer, smarter
Guidance for Disaster Recovery Preparedness in Hawaiʻi is designed to help coastal communities plan to recover from disasters before they strike.
Unique dietary strategy of invasive marine sponge
Sponges play an important role in the nutrient dynamics of coral reefs and could possibly rise to dominate coral reefs as corals decline due to human activity and climate change.
UH Mānoa groups, agencies team up to tackle impacts of climate change
Climate change will greatly impact the state's infrastructure in the next 50 years.
UH students test award-winning growing system at NASA habitat
An award-winning autonomous hydroponic growing system called Box Farm, designed and built by UH Mānoa engineering students, was successfully tested at the NASA-funded Inflatable Lunar-Mars Habitat.
Project sparks passion to protect Hawaiʻi beaches
Kammie Tavares’ research findings emphasize that the time to act is now to reduce or reverse shoreline hardening, which causes beach loss.
Space plants project could be astronaut game changer
An autonomous hydroponic growing system called Box Farm that was designed and built by engineering students at UH Mānoa may be an important tool for space crews in the future.
First half of PV parking canopy project almost complete
The first half of the photovoltaic canopy project on the top deck of the UH Mānoa parking structure is expected to be operational by the end of June with work on the second half scheduled for summer of 2020.
UH faculty, staff showcase innovation in sustainability
University of Hawaiʻi faculty and staff presented projects at the Islands of Innovation initiative, a day-long gathering connecting island solution-makers.
Sumida Farm, UH researchers collaborate on water sustainability
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are working with a third-generation farming family to better understand challenges to their livelihoods on Oʻahu.
