The May 2023 Pacific RISCC webinar will feature a presentation on prioritizing management for restoration of seabird populations amid impacts of climate change and invasive species.
Adaptation and management
Our May “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dr. Dennis LaPointe who will discuss how climate-induced drying may influence the invasion of mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry, into critical native bird habitats.
PI: Ryan Longman, Assoc. Climatologist, Water Resources Research Center
Co-Is: Abby Frazier, Asst. Professor, Clark University; Christian Giardina, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service; Tammy Tabe, Research Fellow, East-West Center
Funded: FY2023
Our April “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dr. Elliott Parsons and Dr. Glenn Dulla who will discuss efforts across the Pacific to tackle the interwoven threats of climate change and invasive species.
Our March “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dolan Eversole, who will discuss his extension work in Hawai’i as a coastal marine specialist, sharing real world examples of applied research and adaptive management in coastal lands.
PI: Elliott Parsons, Pacific RISCC Specialist, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2023
PI: Michala Phillips, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center
Co-Is: Corie Yanger, Botanical Research Technician, USGS PIERC; Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Asst. Professor of Geography, WRRC, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2023
Four students completed projects in climate adaptation science for the 2023 SURF program, investigating how forests vegetation shifts in response to climate change, the connection between climate and humpback whale health, whether added nutrients can improve coral thermal resilience, and sea-level rise impacts to community infrastructure.
PI: Tamara Ticktin, Professor of Botany, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Julia Douglas, School of Life Sciences, UH Mānoa
Co-Is: Clay Trauernicht, Associate Specialist, UH Mānoa; Tim Chambers, Center for Plant Conservation Officer, ANRPO; Lucas Fortini, Research Ecologist, PIERC, USGS
Funded: FY2023
PI-CASC and Alaska CASC scientists and students came together in November 2022 in Hawaiʻi for a projects site visit.