Articles About WRRC

How Climate Change is Impacting Hawai‘iOctober 2023

    In the aftermath of the devastating fires on Maui, Tom Giambelluca was asked how climate warming is creating a greater risk for wildfires in Hawai’i, and how different land covers (both native and invasive) affect the hydrology of…

WRRC Leading Effort to Test Safety of Maui Drinking WaterSeptember 2023

  Less than two weeks after the August 8th fire, WRRC launched the Maui Post-Fire Community Drinking-Water Information Hub. Chris Shuler, a hydrologist with WRRC; Andrew Whelton, a fire disaster specialist from Purdue University; and UH graduate students mobilized to…

New Publications by Xiaolong Geng: Studies on Oil Weathering Models and Impacts of Upweling in Shallow WetlandsAugust 2023

    Congratulations to Dr. Xiaolong (Leo) Geng, WRRC hydrogeologist and faculty member with the Department of Earth Sciences, who recently published two papers. The recent publication for (1) “A generic approach to construct pseudo components for oil weathering models”…
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New Publication: Environmental Change on Native and Invasive MacroalgaeJuly 2023

    A new study predicting the environmental effects of climate change, urban development, and land cover was recently published in Water Resources Research. The authors-representing diverse research specialties, including members from WRRC-concluded that the effects will increase habitat suitability…
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Awards and RecognitionsJuly 2023

    Congratulations to WRRC Affiliate Faculty member Dr. Clifford Voss (USGS Emeritus Scientist) as the recipient of the 2023 Geological Society of America (GSA) Hydrogeology’s “George B. Maxey Distinguished Service Award.” First established in 1984, this prestigious annual award…

Preserving the Water We HaveJune 2023

  To become better stewards of Hawai’i’s natural resources, we need to understand the challenges facing the state, especially to protect and manage our water. In a recent interview with Hawaii Now, Dr. Victoria Keener and Dr. Tom Giambelluca spoke…
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Summer 2023 WRRC Faculty Tenure and PromotionJune 2023

    Congratulations to Dr. Sayed Bateni for his promotion to Professor – WRRC and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Hawai’i          
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Congratulations to WRRC Undergraduate Tara Sutton!May 2023

  She waited decades to go to college, but in May 2023, Tara H. Sutton graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Communicology, Anthropology, and Ethnic Studies. She has acquired acquired a long list of accomplishments, which included being chosen as…
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WRRC Welcomes New Faculty Member Xiaolong “Leo” GengMay 2023

    The WRRC ‘Ohana is happy to announce Dr. Xiaolong “Leo” Geng’s joint appointment with WRRC and Department of Earth Sciences. A physical scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. Geng’s research focuses on field monitoring…

Aurora Kagawa-Viviani Receives the UHM Social Science Research Institute Research Support AwardApril 2023

  Congratulations to Dr. Aurora Kagawa-Viviani for receiving a UHM Social Science Research Institute research support award for her proposal “Community Water Science: Urban Pūnāwai as Incubators of Participatory Research and Innovation.” The aim of the project is to merge…