Today @UHManoa Geography & Environment Professor Thomas Giambelluca and fellow climate scientists in Hawaiʻi met with Senator Hirono on the impacts of climate change in the Pacific.
In the latest issue of American Entomologist: "Textbooks aimed at introductory biology courses devote less than 1 percent of their text to discussing insects, which make up more than 60 percent of animal species." https://t.co/13zOiCgrPX
Hūlō! Congratulations on publishing this article on the multi-layered successes happening in Hoi/He’eia wetland! The ahupua’a is lucky to have @KakooOiwi and it’s partners responsibly restoring abundance to He’eia!
Stunning new documentary on the 'ōhi'a tree to premier throughout this August across Hawai'i Island! The movie highlights cutting-edge research on #RapidOhiaDeath and builds upon our #biocultural understanding of this tree. #OhiaLove#RapidOhiaLife
https://t.co/uBxyssGCR3
#HISCBEarthMonth: Please join us for HISCB's #volunteer event on SAT. 4/14/18 with Livable Hawaii Kai Hui at the Hāwea Heiau Complex & Keawāwa Wetland. We will be #restoring habitat & learning about #Maunalua!
For more details and to RSVP: https://t.co/mV4DEOXmQV
Draw the line on climate change! On 4/21, 9a-12p, the Blue Line Project will bring together our communities to chalk iconic “blue lines” across the state that'll be impacted by 1-meter sea level rise. Register for a Blue Line event near you https://t.co/CEZ58ZlDBW. #DrawTheLine
Interested in #civicengagement? Join the discussion with the Office of Sustainability on Weds 3/21 from 5-7 PM at UHM Ba-le for #pauhana! Tim Zhu and our own HISCB Sci-Comm chair Max Bendes will lead a sustainably-minded discussion on ways to #getinvolved!
For the past 1,500 years, Limahuli Valley has been a green haven, a wilderness preserved to exist just as the native Hawaiians experienced it. @GoHawaii takes us there.
Be a volunteer science assistant and help on an #OPIHI (Our Project In Hawaii's Intertidal) field trip! Help teachers in surveying algae & inverts in the #intertidal zone. You just need to be a science enthusiast! More info: https://t.co/Ycidl64jvk
"Coastal squeeze" is a major threat to endangered sea turtles on Bioko Island. Because of Bioko's topography, the beach can't grow fast enough to support nesting habitat with sea level rise. Dr. Honarvar shares her work at https://t.co/9asdrSbIDJ #NREMSeminar#bioko#seaturtle
UH Hilo endemic moth collection is photographed for web-based database. Two alumni volunteers assist UH Hilo entomologist in creating a digital accession database of the moth for the university’s web-based Teaching and Research Arthropod Collection https://t.co/vZLQSKpGty
#NREMSeminar with Dr. Mehana Vaughan focuses on perpetuating responsibility, reciprocity, and connection to a place. #Kuleana canʻt be based on #ownership. Donʻt manage resources, let them guide you. Read up on her new book!: #kaiāulu https://t.co/SCpXKDlOiu
"On an island ravaged by exploitative industries like tourism and speculative development, Puʻuhonua O Waiʻanae provides an option for people who have been abandoned by the islands’ political leaders and feel adrift within its economic landscape." #kāko'o
https://t.co/3jiZrGogJ7
The ʻalalā is so smart it can use tools to dig and forage for food! Watch this great video https://t.co/SatiqXG9wp and be inspired to learn more about the revised reintroduction program for the Hawaiian ʻalalā crow #nremseminar#alala#corvids#reintroduction
China will plant new forests covering an area of 84,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of Ireland, in 2018, as it aims to increase forest coverage to 23% of total landmass by the end of the decade. via @asiatimesonline
https://t.co/GhO9kJuVwE
Happy President's Day! We had an amazing volunteer day yesterday with the Mānoa Cliff Restoration Project! Learned about their native plant species & removed invasive gingers and grasses from this remnant lowland mesic forest. For project info: https://t.co/MHm4DT67PY