PI-CASC Education Hub launched an interactive Kīlauea visual educational tool that incorporates four Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned lessons that weave Hawaiian moʻolelo (story) and art.
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In anticipation of coral bleaching events, Pacific Islands look to emerging technologies for faster, more accurate monitoring efforts.
Second-year master’s student, Konapiliahi Dancil’s research was inspired by his upbringing on Maui. His research aims to identify which climate-resilient species are capable of thriving in Hawaiian lowland wet forests, ultimately helping managers make better decisions about which species to use for outplanting efforts in restoration.
The two CASCS led a forum at the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, “Building Pilina across the Ocean: Supporting Indigenous-led Climate Adaptation Research and Planning in Hawaiʻi and Alaska.”
PI-CASC personnel engaged with Guam educators and natural resource managers from July 23 to 27, 2024.
Ryan Perroy, principal investigator and UH Hilo professor visits Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia to hold a ten-day drone and image processing training workshop for state and national government officials as a part of a PI-CASC research project.
Research by a former Manager Climate Corps student leads to another study that analyzed the levels of pathogens entering Hilo Bay under varying weather conditions. This study was recently published in Water Environmental Research.
The Micronesia region is on a coral bleaching watch, with Guam already seeing early signs of paling corals. Learn more about the effects coral bleaching has had in the Pacific in the recent past and the outlook for the next few months.
PI-CASC SURFers joined with Graduate Scholars and other students for a morning of helping the North Shore community and an afternoon of discovering and discussing the Kūlana Noiʻi.
Launched in 2021, the Climate Education Hub offers teachers a rich collection of place-based lesson plans, tools, and data sets focusing on climate science in Hawaiʻi and the US- Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI).