CENTER FOR COASTAL & CLIMATE SCIENCE & RESILIENCE
Mapping coral response to water quality stressors to improve coral restoration planning and ridge-to-reef management
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Lillian J. Tuttle Raz Co-INVESTIGATORS: Megan J. Donahue, Kim Falinski Sea Grant Graduate Fellow: Justin Berg Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Successful reef restoration requires detailed, site-specific information on the tolerances to prevailing environmental ...
Estimating the economic value of coastal tourism with future global warming using revealed mobile phone network data
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Nori Tarui Co-INVESTIGATORS: Takahiro Tsuge, Takahiro Kubo Sea Grant Graduate Fellow: Albert Yee Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Tourism is one of the leading drivers of economic activity in Hawaiʻi, with beaches and ocean ...
Management of coastal Pandanus forests to mitigate the effects of global warming in Hawaiʻi
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Nina Rønsted Co-INVESTIGATORS: Tim Gallaher, Tamara Ticktin, Kalikoaloha Martin PI-CASC Graduate Scholar: Tehina Kahikina Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Pandanus (screwpine or hala) forests historically covered large stretches of the Hawaiian coastline, protecting them from ...
Developing design flood elevations and envisioning sea-level rise adaptation strategies for a densely developed coastal city, Waikīkī, Hawaiʻi, for improved outcomes for the economy and coastal habitats
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Wendy Meguro Co-INVESTIGATOR: Charles Fletcher Sea Grant Graduate Fellow: Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Since 2020, the interdisciplinary research team has enhanced Hawai‘i’s resilience by gathering feedback from hundreds of local people to create ...
A framework to elucidate dynamics for adaptive management on Hawaiian coral reefs
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Lisa McManus Co-INVESTIGATORS: Yoshimi Rii, Kawika Winter, Ryan Okano, Sophia Rahnke Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability The global decline of coral reef environments poses complex challenges for researchers, managers, and coastal groups that depend ...
Assessing the sensitivity of coral reef accretion and bioerosion to acidification and eutrophication
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Andrea Kealoha Co-INVESTIGATOR: Katie Shamberger PI-CASC Graduate Scholar: Raffi Isah Research Track: Ocean Acidification Coral reefs are threatened by a range of stressors, including those related to global warming and local land-use. These stressors decrease ...
Effects of increases in sediment delivery on coral reef ecosystem output and accretion: Developing predictive models for management priorities across Maui
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Andrea Kealoha Co-INVESTIGATOR: Craig Nelson PI-CASC Graduate Scholar: Sean Swift Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Global warming is increasing sediment delivery to Hawaiian coral reefs. However, differences in the source, composition, and ecological impacts of ...
Evaluating the resilience of rocky intertidal ecosystems to sea-level rise
Research Projects 2024-2026 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Haunani Kane Co-INVESTIGATORS: Atsuko Fukunaga, John Burns, Kainalu Steward PI-CASC Graduate Scholar: Makoa Pascoe Research Track: Island Resilience and Sustainability Robust intertidal ecosystems buoy connection to place through subsistence gathering and restoration of traditional food ...
Seaweed Solutions for Feeding the Planet
by Cary DeringerTo increase future sustainable food production while reducing methane emissions, scientists are turning to the ocean, specifically seaweed, for answers. Food production needs will have to double to feed nearly ten billion people by 2050. However, production of protein-rich foods ...
Hope For The Seas
by Liz ColeyIf “developing solutions to monitor, protect, manage, and restore” ocean ecosystems sounds like a challenge the human species is unprepared to face, author Deborah Rowan Wright offers good news in Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans. Her treatment of the subject ...
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2525 Correa Road, HIG 238
Honolulu, HI 96822
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markm@soest.hawaii.edu
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