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WRRC Undergraduate Research Assistant Awarded the College of Social Sciences Outstanding Graduate Senior AwardApril 2023

  Congratulations to Tara Sutton, a WRRC student researcher working with Drs. Leah Bremer and Aurora Kagawa-Viviani on the social outcomes of the Red Hill jet fuel spill.  She will graduate with a 3.9 GPA in Communicology, Anthropology, and Ethnic…
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WRRC Participates in Highly Successful UH Research Day at Hawai‘i State CapitolFebruary 2023

  WRRC was one of many outstanding University of Hawai‘i Mānoa (UHM) departments participating in Research Day at the Hawai‘i State Capitol on February 7, 2023. UHM Scientist, and undergraduate and graduate students, had the unique opportunity to interact and…
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New Publication: Spatial Modeling of Geogenic Indoor Radon Distribution in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea Using Enhanced Machine Learning AlgorithmsJanuary 2023

  Congratulations to Sayed Bateni (WRRC and CEE) and colleagues for their recent publication, “Spatial Modeling of Geogenic Indoor Radon Distribution in Chungcheongnam-Do, South Korea Using Enhanced Machine Learning Algorithms.” A study in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea was conducted to determine…

USGS PIWSC Data Release for Seepage Runs on He‘eia Stream and ‘Ioleka‘a Stream, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iFebruary 2023

    The USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center is releasing the data for (1) Seepage-run discharge measurements, March 23, 2022, He‘eia Stream and ‘Ioleka‘a Stream, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i (Heidi Kane et al., https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LN3FE0) and (2) Seepage-run discharge measurements, August 9,…
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Data Release: Seepage-Run Discharge Measurements on the Islands of O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i, 2018 to 2022February 2023

    The USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center is releasing the data for “Seepage-run discharge measurements on the islands of O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i, 2018 to 2022,” by Lhib Pagaduan and others (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OAAT22). This is part of the…
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New Publication: Investing in Nature-Based Solutions: Cost Profiles of Collective-Action Watershed Investment ProgramsJanuary 2023

  Leah Bremer (WRRC and UHERO) and team members conducted a cost survey of 18 collective-action watershed investment programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, which pool resources from water users and other stakeholders to finance Nature Based Solutions. During…

New Publication: An Environmental Justice Perspective on Ecosystem ServicesDecember 2022

  WRRC and UHERO faculty researcher Leah Bremer and colleagues recently published “An Environmental Perspective on Ecosystem Services” in Ambio. Mainstreaming of ecosystem service approaches has been proposed as one path toward sustainable development. This article addresses the need for…