Fellowships support future environmental leaders’ graduate studies
The overall goal of these graduate assistantships is to develop the next generation of natural resource management leaders in Hawaiʻi.
2 SOEST researchers earn prestigious early career awards
Alison Nugent and Malte Stuecker were selected by the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program.
Spikes in Ala Wai infectious bacteria influenced by rainfall
In the Ala Wai Canal in Waikīkī, the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus, an infectious bacterium, is strongly influenced by the amount of rainfall in the surrounding areas.
Scientists warn too many unknowns for deep-sea mining
Scientists provide a comprehensive overview of the gaps in our knowledge about deep-sea mining and its impact.
Ocean carbon critical to predict climate change impacts, study named outstanding paper
The study found the global ocean absorbed 34 billion metric tons of carbon from human activity between 1994 and 2007.
Predatory phytoplankton key to understanding ocean ecosystem
A study revealed that a wide variety of phytoplankton are not just photosynthesizing; in many cases they are also voracious predators.
New marine phytoplankton species have symbiont that produces their ‘fertilizer’
A team of UH Mānoa researchers announced the discovery of two new and unusual species of diatoms in the waters off Hawaiʻi.
Coastal management, policy fellows to work with state, federal agencies
Three postgraduate fellows will work directly with state and federal agencies to obtain relevant policy experience in Hawaiʻi, to pursue career opportunities in their home state.
Fish Flow map: from ocean to dinner table
Researchers can follow when and where fish are spawned, to where they disperse and grow, to when and where they are captured, transported and eaten.
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
A report found coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”
