Sciences and the Sacred: Conversations on Maunakea lecture series
Each lecture will pair a Native Hawaiian practitioner with a UH faculty member on topics ranging from geology, and hydrology to pre-1778 human interactions on Maunakea.
UH Sea Grant gets $1.4M boost for aquaculture research
The University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program received $1.4 million to explore new aquaculture opportunities.
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.
Fishpond sees dramatic turn after removal of invasive plants
The two-year project, led by the Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Program, removed an island of invasive red mangroves and replaced them with native plants, and studies show that the fishpond’s ecosystem and water quality have improved dramatically.
UH Sea Grant called on to help save Waikīkī Beach
The program under the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology and the Department of Economics issues an alarming report on beach erosion.
Super corals in Kāneʻohe Bay provide hope for world’s reefs
They are surviving under ocean conditions that many predicted would decimate all coral reefs on the planet, according to doctoral researcher Christopher Jury.
Fellowship program honors former UH Sea Grant director
The two-year paid fellowship, named after Emeritus Professor E. Gordon Grau, will place early-career professionals with municipal, state or federal host agencies.
Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level
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.
State’s marine aquaculture industry buoyed by new UH strategic partnership
The University of Hawaiʻi and state agencies formed a partnership to raise Hawaiʻi’s global visibility in marine aquaculture and to capitalize on the commercial opportunities available worldwide.
Hawaiʻi land impacted by sea level rise may be double previous estimates
UH researchers Tiffany Anderson and Chip Fletcher say including the effects of waves and erosion expands vulnerable areas.
