“Slice of PI-CASC”
Seminar Series
Climate Adaptation
Challenges and Solutions
First Tuesday of the month, September to May
12:00 – 1:00 pm Hawaiʻi time
The “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar series seeks to provide a platform for sharing ongoing and state-of-the-art climate adaptation science for a wide audience, including scientists and natural and cultural resource managers, to learn about climate adaptation research and science-to-management applications in Hawaiʻi, the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands, and beyond.
Speakers
The series will feature a variety of speakers including: university and federal researchers funded by PI-CASC and our partners; leading climate scientists and experts from the Pacific Region and elsewhere; and resource managers and practitioners at the cutting edge of applying science and traditional ecological knowledge in tackling climate adaptation and sustainability challenges for ecosystems and communities. For more details, visit the Event page for each seminar, linked in the table below and made live the month before the presentation.
2023-2024 Season
Sept 5 | Prioritizing Coastal Wetland Restoration on Molokaʻi, HI | Dr. Judith Drexler, California Water Science Center, USGS Helen Raine, Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture |
details and recording |
Oct 3 | The shrinking presence of giant clams: Transpacific partnerships to restore an ocean giant | Paolo Marra-Biggs, Marine Biology, UH Mānoa Dr. Rob Toonen, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, UH Mānoa |
details and recording |
Nov 7 | A practitioner-led approach to a climate change needs assessment of Native Hawaiian aquaculture | Dr. Rosie Alegado, Dept of Oceanography, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence, UH Mānoa | details and recording |
Dec 5 | Using oral histories of Marshallese and Yapese voyaging to develop sustainable sea transport | Dr. Joseph Genz, Dept of Anthropology, UH Hilo; Jerolynn Myazoe, Dept of Anthropology, UH Hilo; Shania Tamagyongfal, Dept of Anthropology, UH Hilo |
details and recording |
Jan 9 | The Hawai‘i Climate Data Portal: From soup to nuts | Dr. Ryan Longman, East-West Center | details and recording |
Feb 6 | Climate-resilient restoration: Concepts and applications to the Pacific | Dr. Rebecca Ostertag, Dept of Biology, UH Hilo | details and recording |
Mar 5 | Backyard Buoys: Community-led ocean observing across the Pacific | Melissa Iwamoto, Director and PI, PacIOOS; Dr. Jordan Watson, Deputy Director, PacIOOS; Meagan Hattori, Engagement Coordinator, PacIOOS |
details and recording |
Apr 2 | Characterizing inundation risk and enhancing stakeholder capacity for coastal inundation assessment in the Marshall Islands | Dr. Dean Gesch, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, USGS | details and registration |
May 7 | Using climate adaptation science in Hawaiʻi resource management | Emma Yuen, Divison of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR; Ryan Okano, Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR |
Viewing details
Seminars will be presented in a hybrid format, both online and in-person at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics (HIG) building, Room 210 (map). Lunch (and pie!) will be provided for the first ~25 participants who come in person. For zoom connection information to join online, please follow the unique link to register for each weekly seminar.
Recordings
Presentation recordings for the current season will be made available on each seminar’s Event page (see table above) a few days after the seminar. For recordings of seminars from the last two seasons, please visit the Slice of PI-CASC playlist at our PI-CASC Youtube Channel.