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Group photo of staff and students of Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
- Guam, Virtual

PI-CASC students gather in Guam to present climate science research

The PI-CASC Student Research Symposium was held on April 5, 2022, in Guam during the 13th UOG Conference on Island Sustainability.
Video project partners talking on Moku Ola
- Hawaiian Islands, Virtual

International COP26 Recognition for MCC Coastal Erosion Partnership

A Hawaiʻi Island-based coastal setback project and its leaders were featured in a video during a panel of community adaptation and resilience leaders discussing adaptation projects from across the U.S. on November 8, 2021.
High water flood a rocky coastline
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

COP26 highlights Hawaiʻi Island project on community-based solutions to coastal erosion

An inspiring video of a PI-CASC-funded Hawai'i Island was highlighted for a global audience, sharing the effectiveness of knowledge co-production to tackling climate change adaptation challenges.
Aerial view of cliff side with a rockslide
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

US Climate Resilience Toolkit Receives Attention

PI-CASC co-production project on coastal erosion rates receives more attention as a case study in the US Climate Resilience Toolkit.
Manager Climate Corps Gathers Hawai‘i Island Networks
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

Manager Climate Corps Gathers Hawai‘i Island Networks

UH Hilo's Manager Climate Corp hosted a gathering of researchers, managers, practitioners, and community members to discuss future science needs for Hawai‘i Island. Read all about the meeting in this news item.
Aerial image of lava flow entering Kapoho Bay displaying lots of smoke billowing.

CNN Reports on UH Hilo Field Team Tracking Lava Flow from the Night Sky

CNN reports on Hawaiʻi Island lava flow drone mapping involving Rose Hart (MCC Graduate Student), Jon Price (UH Hilo Geography faculty), Ryan Perroy (UH Hilo Geography faculty), and their field team.
MCC partner Ulu Ching presenting in front of classroom of graduate students.
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

MCC Resource Manager Partners Present Weekly at UH Hilo Graduate Seminar

Manager Climate Corps staff facilitate weekly interactive experiences with local cultural and natural resource managers through the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Conference attendees in a hall watching a large presentation.
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

MCC Development Presentation at the 2018 American Meteorological Society Meeting

Check out the 15 minute presentation video on the MCC's two year development process presented by Scott Laursen at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
Rose Hart presenting at podium with large screen behind her with presentation.
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

MCC Graduate Student Receives International Award for Coastal Erosion Presentation

Rose Hart recently received an excellence award from the Institute of Mathematics for Industry (IMI) at Kyushu University, Japan, for her poster on determining shoreline change rates on Hawaiʻi Island at the 2017 Math for Industry Conference: Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change.
Pat Hart and Shea Uehana in the lab surrounded by slices of tree trunks.

UH Hilo Stories Spotlights PI-CASC Projects in Five-Part Climate Research Series

UH Hilo Stories, a publication of the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, highlighted PI-CASC projects in a five-part series on climate change research at UH Hilo.
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