Scientists develop new method of estimating fish movements
UH Mānoa Department of Oceanography researcher’s new model for analyzing fish movement reduces the uncertainties of underwater location tracking.
Slow climate feedbacks could amplify global warming
Future warming from fossil fuel burning could be more intense and longer-lasting than previously thought says UH Mānoa oceanographer Richard Zeebe.
Large fishes in Hawaiʻi consuming more plastic than expected
Large, commercially harvested fish consume a surprising amount of debris, say UH Mānoa scientists Anela Choy and Jeffrey Drazen.
Artful images of coral featured in PBS Digital series
PBS’ Digital Studios series, UnderH20, features the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology’s research with live corals viewed with a laser scanning confocal microscope.
NSF grants awarded to UH Mānoa professors
UH Mānoa Assistant Professors Jason Kumar and Jennifer Small awarded National Science Foundation CAREER grants.
Steven Stanley recognized for research in paleontology
UH Mānoa Professor Steven M. Stanley is the recipient of the 2013 Geological Society of America Penrose Medal.
El Niño unusually active in the late 20th century
International Pacific Research Center researchers Jinbao Li and Shang-Ping Xie compiled 2,222 tree-ring chronologies of the past seven centuries.
Location of upwelling in Earth’s mantle stable
A study by UH Mānoa’s Clinton Conrad shows that large-scale upwelling within Earth’s mantle mostly occurs beneath Africa and the Central Pacific and have remained remarkably stable over geologic time.
David Karl and Edward DeLong awarded $4.2 million grant
UH Mānoa SOEST professors awarded $4.2 million in grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support their marine research.
Study reveals leakage of carbon stored on land to aquatic environments
UH Mānoa professor Fred Mackenzie and colleagues produce study that reveals more carbon is being stored in aquatic environments than on land due to human activity.
