Project

Ocean waters fill basaltic rocky inlets, and form shallow tide pools further up the bench

By Rachel Lentz Project

Evaluating the resilience of productive rocky intertidal ecosystems to SLR using a community-based approach

PI: Haunani Kane, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Makoa Pascoe, Dept of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Co-Is: Atsuko Fukunaga, Assistant Researcher, CIMAR, UH Mānoa; John Burns, Associate Professor of Marine Science, UH Hilo; Kainalu Steward, Dept of Earth Sciences, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024

A few healthy corals are scattered across a landscape of unhealthy encrusted and porous reef structures

By Rachel Lentz Project

Assessing the sensitivity of coral reef accretion and bioerosion to acidification and eutrophication

PI: Andrea Kealoha, Asst. Professor of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Raffi Isah, Dept of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Katie Shamberger, Assoc. Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Funded: FY2024

Steep vegetated cliffs plunge to coastal ocean waters, some of which are noticeably brown compared to bluer waters further out from the land.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Effects of climate-driven increases in sediment delivery on coral reef ecosystem productivity and accretion

PI: Andrea Kealoha, Asst. Professor of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Sean Swift, Dept of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Craig Nelson, Assoc. Researcher of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024

In dusky tinted lighting, dry golden grasses stretch back to a lowland dry forest, with a low, green-covered volcanic cone behind, and a dim rainbow off to the left

By Rachel Lentz Project

Science-driven methods for scaling afforestation of dry grass-dominated landscapes

PI: Noa Lincoln, Associate Professor of Tropical Agriculture, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024

By Anela Akana Project

Developing methods to manage Trichomyrmex destructor at Midway Atoll

PI: Jonathan Plissner, Supervisory Biologist, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial, USFWS
Co-I: Helen Sofaer, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center

Funded: FY2024

By Anela Akana Project

Post-release monitoring of the ʻekupuʻu on Eastern Island

PI: Sheldon Plentovich, Coastal Program Coordinator, USFWS, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Service Office
Funded: FY2024

View through a cluster of Pandanus trees with long, thin, green blades from their tops and characteristic subaerial root structures, giving their lower halves a braced, triangular look

By Rachel Lentz Project

Community value-based management of coastal Pandanus forests to mitigate the effects of climate change in Hawaiʻi

PI: Nina Rønsted, Deputy Director of Research, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Graduate Scholar: Tehina Kahikina, Dept of Hawaiian Studies, UH Mānoa
Co-Is: Tim Gallaher, Botanist, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum; Tamara Ticktin, Professor of Botany, UH Mānoa; Kalikoaloha Martin Instructor, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024

With their tops in the clouds and crossed by a vibrant rainbow, steep, eroded green mountains drop abruptly to a calm ocean coastline

By Rachel Lentz Project

Evaluating the resilience of productive rocky intertidal ecosystems to SLR using a community-based approach

Assessing the sensitivity of coral reef accretion and bioerosion to acidification and eutrophication

Effects of climate-driven increases in sediment delivery on coral reef ecosystem productivity and accretion

Science-driven methods for scaling afforestation of dry grass-dominated landscapes

Developing methods to manage Trichomyrmex destructor at Midway Atoll

Post-release monitoring of the ʻekupuʻu on Eastern Island

Community value-based management of coastal Pandanus forests to mitigate the effects of climate change in Hawaiʻi

Machine learning for high-resolution downscaling in the Hawaiian Islands

Refining precipitation model projections for the Hawaiian Islands using generative machine learning

Vegetation and climate reconstructions for Palmyra Atoll to develop adaptation strategies for lowland plant communities