The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will lead a brand new $1.2 million, three-year grant funded by NASA to higher perceive how Hawaiʻi’s coastlines can stand up to local weather change whereas increasing hands-on research and workforce growth alternatives for college students throughout the 10-campus UH System.
John Burns, an affiliate professor of marine science will co-lead the mission with Haunani Kane, assistant professor of Earth sciences on the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.
“We are very excited to connect students from across the UH system through applied research experiences that help build educational pathways into careers in science and conservation,” mentioned Burns.
The staff will examine how sea degree rise and warming oceans are affecting coral reefs and nearshore areas. Students will be taught satellite tv for pc mapping, drone surveys, reef modeling and knowledge evaluation. They can even work with school, group companions and NASA scientists.
Burns directs UH Hilo’s Multiscale Environmental Graphical Analysis (MEGA) Laboratory, the place he creates detailed three-dimensional maps of reefs. Those maps present how storms, bleaching and human exercise change reef construction and well being over time.
For more go to UH Hilo Stories.
—By Susan Enright
