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2024 Introduction to SOEST
pdf | Published May 2024A screen-resolution PDF providing an excellent updated introduction to education, research, outreach, and facilities in the five degree-offering programs and eight organized units of the School.
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Science Communication Portfolio
pdf | Published April 2015This communication-training portfolio is designed to help scientists communicate research to various audiences, and provides modules and a sample document to guide you through the process.
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Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards
Book | Published September 2019 (Fourth Ed.)This handbook was created to help homeowners prepare for a natural hazard so that risks to family and property may be reduced. While it is never possible to eliminate all damage from a natural hazard, homeowners can take action and implement many small and cost-effective steps that could significantly lower risk. Mother Nature can be intense. Your family and home deserve the protection that only you can provide.
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Hawai‘i Boater’s Hurricane and Tsunami Safety Manual
pdf | Published June 2013The Hawai‘i State Civil Defense and the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program in cooperation with the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation have developed this manual to give Hawai‘i’s boaters the information they need to protect their lives and property when a hurricane or other severe storm threatens. The manual also includes a section on tsunamis, another serious threat to boaters and the marine community in Hawai‘i.
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Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, 3rd Edition
Book | Published July 2017 (3rd Ed.)Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, 3rd Edition explores the foundational introductory Physical Geology topics using recent discoveries in geologic research, innovative pedagogy, and a stunning art program. The challenge of critical thinking and the high-interest of modern subject matter taken from todays headlines are used to build on fundamental geologic principles and show students how they can take geology and apply it to their daily world.
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Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us
Book | Published October 2018 (2nd Ed.)“Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us” places strong emphasis on the peer-reviewed literature in reporting the impacts of climate change on the ocean, terrestrial ecosystems, the water cycle, human communities, dangerous weather patterns, and potential future Earth systems. The book offers detailed discussion of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmospheric processes, Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimate, the human fingerprints of climate change, modeling climate, sea level rise, climate impacts on economic sectors, and dangerous weather patterns associated with climate change.
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Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands
Book | Published May 2007SOEST and the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program is proud to present Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands by award-winning author John E. Randall. The 560-page volume covers the 612 species of fishes found in the Hawaiian Archipelago from the shore to 200 meters depth. It contains 1007 illustrations (944 in color) most of which are the author’s underwater photographs.
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Snorkeler’s Guide to the Fishes of Hanauma Bay
Book | Published May 2010This 65 page waterproof fish guide provides full color photographs, names, and descriptions of the fishes most commonly viewed by snorkelers and swimmers at Hanauma Bay.
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Living on the Shores of Hawai‘i: Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities
Book | Published September 2010Rarely a day goes by in Hawai‘i without the media reporting on environmental issues stemming from public debate. Will the proposed housing development block my access to the beach? Is the rising sea level going to cause flooding where I live? How does overfishing damage the reef? Is the water clean where I surf? Living on the Shores of Hawai‘i discusses the paradox of environmental loss under a management system considered by many to be one of the most stringent in the nation.
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