In Keauhou, Hawaiʻi, household cesspools and a coastal wastewater treatment plant have the potential to release nutrients into the environment, negatively impacting coastal ecosystems. Read how groundwater model results can be used to assess the local water resources, providing insight into which major concerns should be addressed in the near future.
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Learn about how experience from being a young aquarist has helped in designing this graduate student research at HIMB, using mesocosm systems to explore the formation of coral reef halos, mysterious patterns found in reefs around the world.
Sewage pollution in the Hawaiian Islands threatens communities that rely on a clean ocean for cultural practice, recreation, and sustenance. Come read about someone who grew up using all of these ocean resources, now thrilled to have the chance to give back to the community through their sewage pollution research.
Got the research blues? Hot-scientist summer didn’t go the way you planned? Mai hopohopo mai – don’t worry! In this blog, the author shares her own woes while providing methods for maintaining self-love and continuing to holomua (move forward) when your research plans go awry.
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More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means more in the oceans, too, which alters marine chemistry and endangers marine life. Come read about how Hawaiʻi is developing plans to combat ocean acidification.