FY18 – Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center

A large pond is surrounded by lush greenery

By Rachel Lentz Project

Science needs assessment to support management of loko i‘a resources

PI: Rosie Alegado, Assistant Professor, Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, UH Mānoa
Co-Is: Brenda Asuncion , Kuaʻaina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA); Scott Laursen, UH Hilo; Katy Hintzen, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program; Miwa Tamanaha, Kuaʻaina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA)
Funded: FY2018

Man lays a small fish along a ruler, with more fish in a tray nearby.

By Rachel Lentz Project

E Hui Pū: a collaborative approach to understand climate change impacts on traditional Hawaiian ‘ōpelu…

PI: John Burns, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, UH Hilo
Co-Is: Tim Grabowski, Research Fish Biologist, Hawai‘i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, USGS/Adjunct Professor of Marine Science, UH Hilo; Courtney Hurt, Consultant, Conservation International
Funded: FY2018

A student, grinning at the camera, sits in a small boat beached on a sandbar while she takes water samples from a bag

By Rachel Lentz Project

Coral reef CO2 variations at the Coastal Ocean Hawai‘i Acidification Network (COHAMN): Impact of basin scale oceanographic forcing

PI: Eric DeCarlo, Professor of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Lucie Knor, Department of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2018

Aerial view of one section of beach and near offshore, with numbers superimposed showing depths along traverses perpendicular to the coastline

By Rachel Lentz Project

A next generation beach observing system for Hawai‘i

PI: Charles Fletcher, Professor of Earth Sciences, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Anna Mikkelson, Department of Earth Sciences, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2018

A scrubby landscape in the foreground is backed by mist and a low, ground-hugging rainbow.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Identifying the risk of runoff and erosion in Hawaiʻi’s National Parks

PI: Lucas Fortini, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center
Co-I: Victoria Keener, Research Fellow, PacRISA, East-West Center, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2018

A brown landscape is dotted with dead tree trunks.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Working with natural resource managers to co-produce drought analyses in Hawaiʻi

PI: Christian Giardina, Research Ecologist, Inst. of Pacific Islands Forestry, US Forest Service
Co-I: Abby Frazier, Research Fellow, East-West Center, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2018

Green bushes dot a brown, scrubby landscape looking toward distant coastal clouds.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Effectiveness of high-elevation habitat restoration for increasing resiliency of the palila honeycreeper

PI: Pat Hart, Professor of Biology, UH Hilo
Undergraduate Scholar: Kahua Julian, Department of Agriculture, UH Hilo & Technician, Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project
Funded: FY2018

Large horned mammals run across the field of view, backed by Hawaiian forest plants.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Managing non-native game mammals to reduce future conflicts with native plant conservation in Hawaiʻi

PI: Steve Hess, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center
Funded: FY2018

Close-up of many fresh green sprouts against dark soil

By Rachel Lentz Project

Impacts of climate changes on a native and an invasive Hawaiian plant using a newly developed Intelligent Plant growing System (IPS)

PI: Camilo Mora, Assoc. Professor of Geography, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Devon DeBevoise, Department of Botany, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2018

Student controls a drone that has lifted off from an orange landing spot in a scrubby landscape.

By Rachel Lentz Project

Developing geospatial models in Hawaiian watersheds to mitigate erosion and climate change

PI: Ryan Perroy, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies (TCBES), UH Hilo
Graduate Scholar: Kimo Melcher, Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science, UH Hilo
Co-I: Rebecca Ostertag, Professor of Biology (TCBES), UH Hilo
Funded: FY2018

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