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Earth Suffers ‘Ocean Amnesia’ Symptom Of Global Warming

The world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory due to global warming, according to a study published in Science Advances co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa atmospheric scientist.

Food Preservatives Kill Mouth Microbes, UH Maui Students Find

The negative effects of food preservatives on the mouth microbiome (the collection of all microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses and their genes, that naturally live inside and on human bodies), are shown through a study by University of Hawaiʻi Maui College students.

UH Research: Counties Should Control Future Pandemic Rules, Measures

Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige allowed individual counties to make their own COVID-19 pandemic rules and orders beginning on December 1, 2021.

Microbes Play Critical Role In Climate Change In New Report

Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate.

Better Cancer Care Experiences With Clinical Research Professionals

A new study led by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers found that Hawaiʻi patients with cancer who were enrolled in therapeutic clinical trials had significantly more positive care coordination experiences.

UH Researcher Identifies Peptide Active Against Certain Cancers

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher has identified a rare bacterium that is active against certain cancers

Delicate Balance Of Coral Reef Processes Creates Management Challenges

An international team of researchers, including several from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has quantified five critical ecological processes on more than 500 coral reefs worldwide to understand how these processes relate to each other, what may distinguish the most functional reefs, and what that means for our management of reef functioning. They said this research drastically changes the way we need to approach coral reef restoration.

Antarctic Sea-Ice Expansion In A Warming Climate

Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses.

Mystery Solved: New ‘Menehune’ Wasp Discovered On UH Mānoa Campus

A new species of wasp was discovered on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. Mymarommatoidea—a group of miniscule but very beautiful wasps, around 0.5 mm in length—had been emerging from branches of a banyan tree on campus. Living individuals in their natural environment have never been recorded in scientific literature.

Hawaiʻi Astronomers Discover Death-Defying Planet

When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will expand to 100 times its current size, enveloping the Earth. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom as their host stars grow old.

Discovery Of Cheaper, Non-Toxic Alternative To Expensive Metals Made By UH Researchers

As the price of metals surge amid fears of a supply disruption due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project that earned a $670,000 National Science Foundation grant in 2021 has published groundbreaking results related to bismuth, a cheaper and non-toxic alternative to costly metals, such as platinum and palladium.

Predatory Phytoplankton Key To Understanding Ocean Ecosystem

A team of researchers have spent years taming mysterious marine microbes from the open ocean to grow in a lab, to investigate their feeding habits.

Scientists Warn Too Many Unknowns For Deep-Sea Mining

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.

Hawaiian Corals Show Surprising Resilience To Warming Oceans

A long-term study of Hawaiian coral species provided a surprisingly optimistic view of how they might survive warmer and more acidic oceans resulting from climate change.

Crystals Found In Salmon Noses Could Explain Animals’ Magnetic Sense

Scientists understand that animals such as salmon, butterflies and birds have an innate magnetic sense, allowing them to use Earth’s magnetic field for navigation to places to feed and breed.

Reframing Media Coverage Of Pedestrian, Bicycle Fatalities Can Lead To Solutions

Pedestrian deaths are on the rise in Hawaiʻi and the nation, but it is easy to miss that statistic when local newspapers and television stations cover the traffic crashes as isolated events. In reality, crash fatalities are often the result of dangerous travel conditions that disproportionately impact people walking and bicycling due to their increased vulnerability.

Domestic Visitors Willing To Pay More For Sustainable Tourism

To help Hawaiʻi’s tourism industry recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa suggests a potentially under-utilized form of revenue that visitors are actually willing to pay for: sustainable experiences.

Teen Mentored By UH Astronomers Publishes Solar Research

Lucy Will’s fascination with the unknown swirling within our vast universe fueled her mission to decipher its mysteries.

Predatory Phytoplankton Key To Understanding Ocean Ecosystem

A team of researchers have spent years taming mysterious marine microbes from the open ocean to grow in a lab, to investigate their feeding habits.

New Marine Phytoplankton Species Have Symbiont That Produces Their ‘Fertilizer’

The discovery of two new and unusual species of diatoms (phytoplankton) in Hawaiian waters was announced by a team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers in the Department of Oceanography’s Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), along with collaborators at the University of California Santa Cruz, and California State University San Marcos.