Sonia Rowley wins Sir David Attenborough Award for Fieldwork
Rowley’s work was selected based on her project entitled ‘Exploration and Systematics of Twilight Reef Gorgonian Corals at Pakin Atoll.’
Milutin Milankovic Medal awarded to climate researcher Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann, a researcher at the International Pacific Research Center, has been recognized for outstanding research on long term climatic changes and modeling.
Scientists drill deep to gain insights into East African climate history
Researchers from all over the world gathered at Lake Challa, an East African volcanic lake, to uncover its hidden record of the climate history.
New study explains mysterious source of greenhouse gas methane in the ocean
UH Mānoa Pavel Professor of Oceanography David Karl, study co-author, found vital clue to the puzzle.
UH researchers link quality of coastal groundwater with reef degradation on Maui
Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the absence of rivers and streams.
New model reveals adaptations of world’s most abundant ocean microbe
UH Mānoa researcher David Karl and Jens Nielsen from Chalmers University of Technology, developed a computer model to understand the survival of Prochlorococcus.
A new study concludes warm climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2
Led by UH Mānoa’s Tobias Friedrich, this study took a different approach in calculating climate sensitivity—using data from the history of Earth.
First net-zero buildings open at UH Mānoa
These net-zero structures will provide valuable data on the effects of energy usage and building design on energy demand.
Retracing the origins of a massive, multi-ring crater
An international team of scientists have reconstructed the extreme collision that created one of the moon’s largest craters, 3.8 billion years ago.
Hawaiʻi high school student awarded for developing ocean research methods
UH Mānoa’s Margo Edwards worked with 17-year-old Christopher Lindsay in developing new methods to observe marine life using underwater time-lapse cameras.
