Community Resilience

Blonde woman in red shirt leans over a computer to show two students the sea-level rise viewer on the screen

Sea-level rise viewer now available in American Samoa

(Honolulu, HI) – A new interactive sea-level rise viewer for the Territory of American Samoa was recently released to the public, enabling the community to visualize how the shoreline is likely to change from coastal flooding, sea-level rise, hurricane storm surge, and ...
Speakers at the U.S. EPA Investing in Hawai'i: Zero Waste press event on October 12, 2023 in Hilo

Biden-Harris Administration Makes Over $2.1 Million Grant Investments in Innovative Reuse and Refill Program in Hilo, Hawai’i

Biden-Harris Administration Makes Over $2.1 Million Grant Investments in Innovative Reuse and Refill Program in Hilo, Hawai'i Project to protect public health, replace single-use plastics, and reduce marine debris (Hilo, HI) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated the ...
Nick Hawco prepares materials for trace metal sampling.

UH researchers investigate nearshore water quality, reef health after Maui fires

UH researchers investigate nearshore water quality, reef health after Maui fires (Honolulu, HI) – A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are sampling West Maui reefs to assess the impact from the toxic ash from the ...
Olakai Hawai'i sea asparagus farm in Kahuku, HI

New user-friendly aquaculture permitting website launched

(Honolulu, HI) – Anyone interested in operating an aquaculture business in Hawai‘i now has a user-friendly, easy-to-use website outlining the federal, state, and county permits and major requirements. The website, available on the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program ...
A student stands over a basket of red limu

NOAA Sea Grant projects provide $3.3M in support of seafood industry workforce development

(Honolulu, HI) – Nationwide, NOAA Sea Grant awarded $3.3M aimed at bolstering workforce development efforts in both the wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) was awarded $400,000 to enhance and promote aquaculture workforce development ...
John Graves

Four Hawai‘i Sea Grant fellows gain hands-on policy experience in climate resilience, marine resource management

L-R: John Graves (Division of Aquatic Resources), Madeline Krueger (Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency), Claire Rossi de Leon (Honolulu Office of Climate Change,  Sustainability and Resiliency), Hoaka Thomas (Division of Aquatic Resources) (Honolulu, HI) – Four postgraduate ...
Satellite image of Maui with text over the island

Selected list of resources to assist in fire recovery efforts on Maui

County of Maui Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for real-time updates County of Maui website County Emergency Shelters: Hannibal Tavares Community Center War Memorial Gym Maui High School Maui Preparatory Academy King’s Cathedral Maui The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
ArcGIS map of Pu'uloa with points of interest

Looking to the past to understand the future of Ke Awa Lau o Pu‘uloa

The boundary zone of the NASA Equity and Environmental Justice Program project and ArcGIS map of Pu'uloa   New study funded by NASA to assess threats to human health and the environment (Honolulu, HI) – NASA’s Equity and Environmental Justice ...
cover of Ka Pili Kai Kau 2023 issue

Ka Pili Kai Kau 2023

Click on the cover image to view the full issue. On the Cover Welcome to our latest issue, dedicated to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Through this initiative, the world's attention is focused on the ...
Cover of book Ignite

Best practices for place-based research in Hawai‘i featured in new book

Best practices for place-based research in Hawai‘i featured in new book (Honolulu, HI) – A new book titled Ignite: A Decolonial Approach to Higher Education Through Space, Place and Culture that looks closely at the role of colonization on the ...