The 2025 SURF program ended in August after a Final Symposium, wrapping up another successful summer of research, networking, and learning.
Water resources
Six students completed projects in climate adaptation science for the 2025 SURF program, investigating ways to protect at-risk corals, conducting case studies in air temperature changes and water resource management solutions, and using high tech tools to catalog ʻopihi and zooplankton under varying conditions.
Slice of PI-CASC continues in April with a presentation from faculty across the University of Hawaiʻi looking at how UH scientists are playing a vital role in addressing wildfire challenges in Hawaiʻi.
Slice of PI-CASC continues in January with a presentation by Dr. Aurora Kagawa-Viviani explores the uncertainty of islands’ future water with the combined challenges of climate change and urbanization.
The USGS HERA-Impact of Sea Level Rise and Storms on Coastal Flooding Hazards tool provides important scientific information for decisionmakers throughout the Pacific to plan for future coastal flooding events.
PI: Peter Sadowski, Associate Professor of Computer Science, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Yusuke Hatanaka Dept of Information and Computer Science, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Thomas Giambelluca, Professor of Geography, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024
PI: Peter Sadowski, Associate Professor of Computer Science, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Thomas Giambelluca, Professor of Geography, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2024
Our September “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar will be presented by Dr. Judith Drexler and Helen Raine who will discuss the protocol they developed to prioritize coastal wetlands sites on Molokaʻi for restoration.
PI: Cherie Kauahi, Aquaculture Specialist, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Co-Is: Kamala Anthony, Hui Hoʻoleimaluō; Bradley Fox, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant; Darren Okimoto, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant; Anne Rosa, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Funded: FY2023
The April 2023 Pacific RISCC-Pacific Fire Exchange webinar will share how wildfires and climate change affect ecosystems and natural resources.