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Ocean Life Climate

Nutritional stress and warming seas threaten Hawaiʻi’s last false killer whales

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Ocean Life Earth

Earth sciences grad Noah Paoa is among first from Rapa Nui to earn doctoral degree

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Ocean Life Climate Earth

Endemic trees to Southern Ocean diatoms: Grads learn first-hand about environmental science

Heavy rains caused swollen rivers and streams on across Hawaiʻi recently.
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Traveling tropical disturbance increases rainfall across the Hawaiian Islands

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Moon mission momentum: UH team named NASA finalist for lunar power project

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