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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I OFFERS A NEW HANDS-ON RESEARCH COURSE DESIGNED FOR UNDERGRADUATES FOR FALL 2021

Transformational Research Experiences for Early Undergraduates (TReX) is an introductory course that provides discovery-based investigation and hands-on experiences in a wide range of science fields. The course is divided into 4-week learning modules that will be taught by researchers at four UH Mānoa research facilities on and…
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FOREST RESTORATION AND ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCHER AURORA KAGAWA-VIVIANI JOINS WRRCFEBRUARY 2021

Dr. Aurora Kagawa-Vivani is leading the two-year project “Understanding Forest Restoration in Hawai‘i,” focused on gathering and synthesizing knowledge about forest restoration and ecohydrology in Hawai‘i. The aim of this important study is to provide resource managers and communities with the…
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BOOK RELEASE BY DR. NIELS GROBBE — SEISMOELECTRIC EXPLORATION: THEORY, EXPERIMENTS, AND APPLICATIONSFEBRUARY 2021

WRRC’s affiliate researcher Dr. Niels Grobbe and co-authors André Revil, Zhenya Zhu, and Evert Slob have published a book entitled “Seismoelectric Exploration: Theory, Experiments, and Applications (Geophysical Monograph Series).” Why is seismoelectric exploration so significant? The seismoelectric method is the naturally occurring…

Building Capacity for Water Quality Research and Monitoring on MauiDate: May 7, 2021

Speaker: Dr. Andrea Kealoha Abstract: In 2020, the University of Hawai‘i Maui College (UHMC) opened Maui’s first water quality lab. The UHMC Water Quality Lab has three main goals: (1) provide UHMC students with educational opportunities for field work and…

NOAA Water Information for Hawaii: Resources to Support Decision-MakingDate: April 23, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Karen Bareford and Ms. Brenna Sweetman Abstract: Water resources stakeholders need access to consistent, high space and time-resolution, integrated water analyses, predictions, and data to address critical unmet information and service gaps related to floods, droughts, water quality,…

Mountain-to-Sea Ecological-Resource Management: Forested Watersheds, Coastal Aquifers, and Groundwater Dependent EcosystemsDate: April 9, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Kimberly Burnett and Dr. Christopher Wada Abstract: Improving the understanding of connections spanning from mountain to sea and integrating those connections into decision models have been increasingly recognized as key to effective coastal resource management. This presentation examines…

Equity and Waiwai—Water, Rights and Relationships in a Changing ClimateDate: March 5, 2021

Speaker: Ms. Laurien Nuss Abstract: By law, the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency of the City and County of Honolulu is required to coordinate actions and policies to advance procedural, distributional, structural, intergenerational, and cultural equity. This presentation…