Big things are happening at the Department of Oceanography at UH Mānoa. Changes are afoot! We are thrilled to announce that the Marine Sciences Building main floor has gotten a makeover. We’re deeply honored to include a stunning photograph by … Read More
Vog mapping and predication, assessing groundwater resources and monitoring coastal water conditions were some of the SOEST research projects showcased at the Mānoa Research Day by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. More than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and staff across … Read More
The potential impacts of pollutants, including caffeine, the herbicide glyphosate and the broad-spectrum antibiotic sulfamethoxazole, on microbial communities in stream and coastal environments was the focus of Sofia Suesue’s senior thesis research in the University of Hawai‘i (UH) Mānoa Global … Read More
A SOEST student’s work to improve the efficiency of fuel-cell technology was awarded first place in the student poster presentation session at the 13th World Filtration Congress in October. The honor came with a scholarship from the American Filtration Society. … Read More
A study on underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations found that noise from one mine alone could travel approximately 500 kilometers (roughly 311 miles) in gentle weather conditions, which could affect the understudied species that live in the deep … Read More
An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during the lunar cycle triggers mature “Hawaiian box jellyfish” (Alatina … Read More
Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) issued a new report, Microbes and Climate Change: Science, People, & Impacts, co-authored by David Karl, University of Hawai‘i at … Read More
Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. In a new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international team of scientists … Read More
In the Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki, Hawai‘i, the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus, an infectious bacterium, is strongly influenced by the amount of rainfall in the surrounding areas, according to a recently published study by oceanographers at the University of … Read More
For the first time, scientists have a comprehensive overview of the gaps in our knowledge about ocean areas targeted for deep-sea mining and how they could be impacted. New research, published recently in the journal Marine Policy and co-authored by … Read More