Environmental science undergraduates make new Hawaiʻi discoveries

Two undergraduate students in the Department of Oceanography’s Global Environmental Science (GES) degree program have conducted original research on coral’s tolerance to changing ocean conditions and the vulnerability of human communities in Hawaiʻi to inundation from projected sea level rise—contributing new knowledge to their respective fields.

Mia Delano, a senior in the GES program, works with Rob Toonen and Chris Jury at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology to understand coral growth rates and the potential for adaptation as ocean water becomes more acidic.

Kaitlyn Nelson, who graduated in December with a dual major in GES and ethnic studies from UH Mānoa, studied the relative vulnerability of coastal communities in Hawaiʻi to inundation from projected sea level rise in the next century.

Read more about it in the UH System News.