Research Projects

PI-CASC supports research that generates actionable climate science within several key focus areas defined by regional stakeholder needs.

A rocky stream bed sits between overgrown banks with high green hills in the background

Modeling the response of Hawaiʻi streams to future rainfall conditions

PI: Maoya Bassiouni, Hydrologist, USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center
Funded: FY2014

High surf pounds an eroded shoreline, undercutting a bluff beneath houses.

Forecasting beach loss from sea-level rise on the island of Kauaʻi

PI: Charles Fletcher, Professor of Earth Sciences, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2014

A glowing sun sinks behind a cloudbank with mountains peeking out of the cloud layer in the midground.

Measurement of ENSO-related climate conditions and ecosystem responses in Hawaiʻi

PI: Thomas Giambelluca, Professor of Geography, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Shelley Crausbay, Lead Scientist, Conservation Science Partners
Funded: FY2014

Image shows dense, lush tropical trees and bushes

Developing an agroforestry dashboard for the Marshall Islands

PI: Maria Haws, Assoc. Professor of Aquaculture, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2014

Assessing the potential effects of climate change on vegetation in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

PI: Jim Jacobi, Biologist, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Funded: FY2014

Changing Hawaiian seascapes and their management implications

PI: Noelani Puniwai, Affiliate Faculty, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2014

A measuring tape runs off through trees.

Archipelago-wide demography of Hawaiʻi’s most abundant, but declining, native tree

PI: Kasey Barton, Associate Professor of Botany, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Tiffany Knight, iDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Funded: FY2013