NEWS & EVENTS

Outreach Biologist with the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center’, Emily Sesno, was recently awarded funding through the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Community for Data Integration to develop interactive digital lesson plans.

Region-wide study revealed that areas burned in Micronesian islands, proportional to the total land area, often exceed those burned in the U.S. and Hawaiʻi.

Guam CARM student Farron Taijeron has been selected as a finalist for his video essay submission to the Planet Forward 2024 Storyfest competition.

PI-CASC was a sponsor of the 15th UOG Conference on Island Sustainability, held on April 9, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Guam.

A series of waves washed over Roi-Namur in early 2024 causing substantial flooding, damaging infrastructure, and contaminating fresh groundwater aquifers. Wave mechanics help to explain what happened.

Hawaiʻi Climate Week was full of events centered on climate change in Hawaiʻi, hosted by a suite of local organizations concerned with changing climate conditions in the islands.

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.

The PI-CASC network supported the creation and release of the latest National Climate Assessment.

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.

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.