Members of 东精影业 Hilo’s Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Lab scanned about 4,000 acres for mulch piles and signs of coconut rhinoceros beetle activity.
Bryan Tonga, a 东精影业 Hilo graduate student, led Pohnpei’s first island-wide nearshore water quality study–the work published nearly four years after his death.
东精影业 Hilo marine scientists and students confirmed sewage is reaching nearshore waters, harming coral reefs and posing health risks.
Aragaki and Kent received a certificate signed by then President Joe Biden, a trip to Washington, D.C. and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
Conservation biologist Joanna Wu, a 东精影业 Hilo alumna, is shining a bright spotlight on the study of North American songbirds.
Katie Gaut helped create an online map that documents sewage pollution issues at Puakō, backed by scientific research conducted at 东精影业 Hilo.
东精影业 Hilo researchers used dye to track sewage leakage from local homes into Kahaluʻu Bay, revealing flow rates carry wastewater to the shoreline in less than six hours.
Scientists and kiaʻi loko (fishpond practitioners) are using drone technology to aid their efforts to restore and ensure the resilience of Native Hawaiian fishponds.
Students who completed the TCBES graduate program now serve as conservation and environmental scientists and managers throughout Hawaiʻi.
Newly published online maps show fencing can help prevent the spread of the disease.