PI-CASC is pleased to be hosting the “2024 PI-CASC Graduate Scholars Symposium: Emerging scientists for climate adaptation” on March 28, as part of a broader Climate Week focused on climate assessments, resilience, and adaptation.
Event
In this talk, Erica Gallerani and Dr. Lucas Fortini will talk about a new approach for assessing the potential for relocating populations of ʻākohekohe (Palmeria dolei) to higher elevations on the island of Hawaiʻi from the island of Maui because of the harmful impacts of climate-driven disease spread.
Our April “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dr. Dean Gesch, USGS, providing a look at his efforts to build local technical capacity in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to conduct critical assessments of exposure to inundation and other coastal hazards.
In this talk, Dr. Alison Ainsworth will discuss the implications for conservation of Hawaiian high-elevation ecosystems in the face of both climate change and invasive species.
In this talk, Dr. Aaron Shiels will present the results of a study on the impacts of hurricanes on invasive rodents in the Caribbean Islands, and he will discuss invasive rodent impacts and control methods in both the Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
Our March “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by a team from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), led by Director Melissa Iwamoto, giving an overview of their Backyard Buoy program to empower Pacific coastal communities to conduct their own ocean observations.
In this talk, Dr. Richard MacKenzie will present his research on the vulnerability of Pacific Island nations to climate change and how appropriate adaptation actions can increase the resilience of mangroves and thus the resilience of Pacific Islanders.
Our February “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dr. Rebecca Ostertag, who will share her group’s work with designing climate resilient ecosystems as part of their forest restoration efforts on Hawaiʻi Island and applications to similar locations across the Pacific.
Our January “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar–on the second Tuesday of the month–will be presented by Dr. Ryan Longman, who will share his work with many partners in creating the Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal and its impressive capabilities, as well as future possibilities.
In this webinar, Dr. Jonathan Price from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will discuss how modeling vegetation communities in Hawaiʻi can be used to inform restoration, invasive species management, and climate change.