Summer flooding expected after water levels break 112-year record
The upcoming peak astronomic tides of the year, known as “king tides,” will occur around May 26, June 23 and July 21.
$170M in convention business generated by College of Engineering
The College of Engineering was recognized as the ‘Elele Organization of the year for its role in securing meetings and conventions business.
Community members act as citizen scientists to help Snap the Shore, See the Future
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant will train community members to capture and record extreme high tide events on a global scale.
Hawaiian language newspaper research presentation
The presentation will explore the wealth of knowledge held in the Hawaiian language newspapers and highlight some of IHLRT’s current projects and graduate student research.
UH and Tohoku University collaborate for disaster sciences
UH Mānoa and Tohoku University examine the science and human aspects of disasters in order to develop better response methods.
UH Water Resources Research Center receives nearly $1M for water sustainability project
WRRC will conduct a three-year \ project focusing on developing optimal irrigation strategies in farmlands throughout Hawaiʻi, Guam and American Samoa.
NOAA Preserve America grant for online Hawaiian newspaper archive project
The project Ka Wā Ma Mua, Ka Wā Ma Hope focuses on Hawaiian language newspaper articles that highlighted weather and climate change.
Institute of Hawaiian Language Research and Translation opens its doors to the public
New institute has translated a portion of historical Hawaiian documents and is training the next generation of scholars.
Climate experts to help vulnerable coastal communities
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant’s Center for Coastal and Climate Science and Resilience to assist communities in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.
Helping Hawaiʻi prepare for coastal hazards aim of NOAA grant
NOAA awards UH Sea Grant College Program $845,160 grant to help Hawaiʻi communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change
