With a concentrate on marine and atmospheric sciences, researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI) convened in Tokyo, Japan for a three-day convention in early October.
The 2025 Joint Conference on Ocean, Coastal, and Atmospheric Sciences, the fifth such joint occasion since 2008, is designed to facilitate the alternate of analysis findings and supply alternatives for future collaboration and partnership on grants, analysis and publications amongst members.
“This long-standing collaboration between UH Mānoa and the University of Tokyo reflects the best of international science—grounded in trust, shared purpose, and a collective commitment to understanding and protecting our planet’s ocean and atmosphere,” stated Darren Lerner, interim affiliate dean for analysis on the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and UH Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) director.
Sharing information, increasing connections
Twenty school members, postdocs and graduate college students from SOEST and different UH departments shared their newest work on marine particles and microplastics; altering ocean currents and local weather; biology and ecology of sharks, coral, and deep-sea animals; sustainable aquaculture; and extra. After two days of displays, UH Mānoa members have been invited to go to AORI laboratories and discipline analysis actions associated to their pursuits.
“Meeting with collaborators at AORI expanded my understanding of how processes that affect our home communities in Hawaiʻi—like ocean warming, deoxygenation, and changing climate cycles like El Niño–manifest in Japan’s coastal waters,” stated Sara Kahanamoku-Meyer, SOEST assistant researcher and Early Career Research Fellow who participated in the convention.
The Joint Conference on Ocean, Coastal, and Atmospheric Sciences is aligned with an settlement between UH Mānoa and the University of Tokyo to encourage the alternate of school, students, college students, tutorial info and supplies for the advantage of each establishments and the members. Hawaiʻi Sea Grant has been the lead coordinator of the convention and the facilitator of the associated memorandum of understanding since 2007.