Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center

Join our friends at the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA)?on February 24-28?for National Invasive Species Awareness Week. Tune in?on February 26 at 9 a.m. HST?for a presentation by our partners at Pacific RISCC, Dr. Elliott Parsons and?MJ Mazurek?as they share insights into Pacific Islands Biosecurity, explore the unique and important roles and challenges of Pacific Islands in preventing the spread of invasive species, discuss efforts to build resilience through regional networks, and present cutting-edge techniques like Strawberry Guava detection using aerial imagery and LiDAR data on Hawai?i Island. Register for the webinar here >> https://lnkd.in/gRjChqx4 #NISAW2025 #InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #NAISMA

?? We will be canceling next week's Slice of PI-CASC. We look forward to updating you on future seminars.

Congratulations to Ihilani Kamau, a Manager Climate Corps graduate scholar who graduated from the University of Hawai?i at Hilo in Fall 2024 with a master’s of science degree. Ihilani worked with Dr. Tracy Wiegner on a project that grew from a community’s concern about sewage pollution off the Kailua-Kona shoreline. We caught up with Ihilani about her project, graduation, and what's next. Read our talk story with Ihilani >> https://lnkd.in/gBtDejFX #studentresearch #climateadaptation #cleanwater #climateaction

Join us in February for the next Slice of PI-CASC Seminar Series. Registration is now open.

We started the new year by welcoming Dr. Ryan Longman as the new PI-CASC Consortium Program Director at the University of Hawai?i at Mānoa! As the new full-time Program Director, he joins our PI-CASC Consortium Executive Director Dr. Darren Lerner, Deputy Director Dr. Brad Romine, and a team of dedicated faculty and staff to lead the implementation of PI-CASC Consortium programs, research, and partnerships defined in the university consortium host agreement, which address the climate adaptation challenges in Hawai?i and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. Read more about Dr. Longman >> https://lnkd.in/gMUEnwaG

A project led by researcher Dr. Patrick Hart is utilizing cutting-edge technology and traditional Hawaiian oli, or chant, in his approach to the conservation of endangered native birds. Hart is working with Google to develop a new algorithm that recognizes Hawaiian bird songs from acoustic recordings to monitor bird populations, most of which live in remote, high-elevation forests and are difficult to access. In a parallel project, he is collaborating with cultural practitioner Kekuhi Kanahele Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani and conservation group ?āhuimanu to compose an oli using the framework of the Kumulipo. The oli connects each bird to thriving elements in nature to promote balance and resilience. Read more about Dr. Patrick Hart?s exciting research: https://lnkd.in/gP4ER95i Caption and PC: ?? 1: Graduate student Josephine Tupu checks song recorder along a transect at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawai?i Island. (PC: Katie Cartee) ?? 2: 'Akiapōlā'au (PC: Ann Tanimoto Johnson) ?? 3: ?Apapane (PC: Ann Tanimoto Johnson) #indigenousknowledge #endangeredbirds #hawaiianbirds #manu #forestbirdconservation #forestbirds #kumulipo

Join us for our next Slice of PI-CASC on December 10.

We are proud to announce that our regional administrator, Mari-Vaughn Johnson, and lead for the University of Guam, Romina King, were recently tapped to serve as the federal coordinating lead and chapter lead author, respectively, for the Sixth National Climate Assessment (#NCA6). In these roles, they will guide and facilitate a team of authors in compiling and synthesizing climate data in Hawai?i and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands region. Read story: go.hawaii.edu/4Ua #climateassessment #pacificislands #climateadaptation

Researcher Patrick Hart was recently interviewed on Hawai?i Public Radio about his PI-CASC-funded project. Take a listen. https://lnkd.in/gJtUGjY4