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PI-CASC NEWS

View across barren laval flows, dropping to a sunken caldera floor, with white cumulus clouds on the horizon
- Hawai’i Island, Hawaiian Islands

Fostering collaboration: An Earth to Sky workshop for Hawaiʻi climate science educators

PI-CASC collaborated with partners to host an immersive, three-day climate communication course for educators, equipping them with knowledge and tools for place-based climate curriculum development.
PI-CASC contributes insight, resources to NCA 5
- Hawaiian Islands, USAPI

PI-CASC contributes insight, resources to NCA 5

The PI-CASC network supported the creation and release of the latest National Climate Assessment.
Narrow strip of land holds buildings perched between a blue wave-capped ocean and steep green mountains
- USAPI

American Samoa sea-level rise viewer available for public

A new sea-level rise viewer tool for American Samoa has just been released for the public, providing an interactive platform for anyone to incorporate the possible effects of rising seas into planning for their future and adapting to climate change.
A man is seen underwater using an instrument on a crown of thorns starfish.
- Guam

PI-CASC fellow to conduct trainings on coral-killing starfish in Tonga

PI-CASC Climate Adaptation for Resource Management Fellow Farron Taijeron will be heading to Tonga this fall to train natural resource managers on removing crown of thorns starfish.
Four armed drone flies through the sky with round, heavily wired instrument panel hanging from it
- Guam

Guam coral reef mapping continues, testing MiDAR technology

This summer, PI-CASC's Romina King co-led the third Guam Fluid Lensing Campaign mission, using cutting-edge remote sensing technology to produce high resolution maps of Guam’s coral reefs.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

Secretary Haaland visits Hawaiʻi

DOI Secretary Deb Haaland paid Hawaiʻi a visit at the end of June for the Hawai'i Conservation Conference and USGS research center groundbreaking, and PI-CASC had the pleasure of meeting with her.
PI-CASC is hiring a new Communications Lead
- Hawaiian Islands, Oʻahu

PI-CASC is hiring a new Communications Lead

The Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC) is excited to announce that we are hiring a new Communications and Outreach Lead!
A satellite image of a boat basin along a coastline in Hagåtña, Guam, is shown. An inset image shows a close-up look of damaged property from typhoon-force winds.
- Guam

Typhoon Mawar batters Guam; PI-CASC Guam lead conducts aerial damage assessment

Typhoon Mawar delivered destructive winds to Guam from noon of May 24 to early morning of May 25.
Eight men and women are standing side by side for a picture. A man in the center, wearing a pink shirt, is holding a certificate.
- Guam

PI-CASC Guam student earns legislative recognition for environmental work

PI-CASC CARM fellow Farron Taijeron was recently recognized by Guam senators for his environmental and conservation work.
A gleeful woman is holding a mic and standing front of a PI-CASC banner.
- Guam

PI-CASC hosts climate science talks, GIS workshops at Guam sustainability conference

PI-CASC took part in the 14th annual UOG Conference on Island Sustainability, from April 11 to April 15.
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