School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology – University of Hawaiʻi System News

Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute receives $1.3M to advance wave energy

January 14, 2019

During the three-year innovative project, the team of researchers and engineers will develop a wave-energy converter concept culminating in a set of tests in a sophisticated mainland wave tank.

$UH Mānoa Be a Scientist Night brings STEM to kids at IHS$

UH Mānoa Be a Scientist Night brings STEM to kids at IHS

December 10, 2018

This event featured interactive stations for virtual reality, robotics and more, exposing children at the shelter to different STEM-related activities and careers.

Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level

December 10, 2018

A team of specialists quantified land use on the Oʻahu coast over the period 1928–2015 and concluded that state and national coastal zone management practices will require new policies, or more effective ways for implementing existing policies.

Volcanology professor named 2018 American Geophysical Union Fellow

December 3, 2018

SOEST’s Bruce Houghton has been recognized for his impressive knowledge of and contribution to the field of volcanology and volcanic hazards.

Current efforts to save coral reefs not enough

November 29, 2018

Co-author Robert Richmond, director of the UH Kewalo Marine Laboratory, says interventions are needed now and that time is running out.

Estimated $19B damage to Hawaiʻi by 2100, U.S. National Climate Assessment

November 28, 2018

Strained freshwater supplies, damaged coastal infrastructure, coral reef death and greater stresses on native biodiversity are among the major concerns and challenges detailed in the Fourth official U.S. National Climate Assessment.

Earth scientists investigate history and hazards of the Hawaiian Island chain

November 26, 2018

International team of researchers includes students and faculty from School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

Closer hurricanes show increased flood risks to Honolulu, Waikīkī

November 7, 2018

Findings were not a surprise, say researchers at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

Celebrating 30 years of a HOT program

November 5, 2018

A team of scientists established the open ocean observatory for physical, biogeochemical and ecological investigations in 1988.

Soldiering on in the pursuit of excellence

November 5, 2018

Andrew Kecskes Tokuda, a UH Mānoa global environmental science major, won the nation's STEM Military Cadet Role Model Award.