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PI-CASC Awarded Community for Data Integration Funding
- Hawaiian Islands

PI-CASC Awarded Community for Data Integration Funding

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.
Photo of smoky outdoor area affected by fire on Guam.

New PI-CASC funded study published in Journal of Biogeography

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.
Farron stands visits an area affected by wild fires.
- Guam

PI-CASC fellow national finalist and panelist

Guam CARM student Farron Taijeron has been selected as a finalist for his video essay submission to the Planet Forward 2024 Storyfest competition.
Two men and two women are seated in a row, looking onward. One of the women is holding a microphone.
- Guam

PI-CASC hosts climate science events at 15th UOG Conference on Island Sustainability

PI-CASC was a sponsor of the 15th UOG Conference on Island Sustainability, held on April 9, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Guam.
Aerial photograph of Kwajalein Atoll showing its low-lying islands and coral reefs.
- USAPI

Increase in Wave-Driven Flooding Events on Roi-Namur

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.
Climate conference showcases actionable science
- Hawaiian Islands

Climate conference showcases actionable science

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.
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.
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