School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST

08/13/2026

08/12/2026

New shows Hawaiian corals face rising heat, but some might adapt. While ocean warming threatens reefs, high-tech modeling reveals that temperatures vary by island, with Hawaiʻi Island taking the biggest hit ⬇️

08/06/2026

YouTube Premiere Thurs Aug 6th HST (3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern, 11am Samoa time)

Lāhainā Coastal Recovery Research — This was one of the more emotional episodes weʻve made — being in Lāhainā and having the kuleana to share some of the research story as the community, ʻāina, and kai recover from the 2023 fire.

The story is beautiful though, filled with resilience and hope — the ocean and corals are recovering! Tune in ti learn how ocean water is sampled and studied and what researchers are finding in answers to Lāhainā community questions about water safety and reef health now and into the future.

In addition, newly developed, low-cost water samplers and high-tech lab techniques are coming together in innovative ways to not only understand water quality in Lāhainā but also to be able to understand effects of other haz ards, like severe storms and fires in other places.

https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/lahaina/

08/06/2026

Tim Li, professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), was elected a Fellow by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Fellows are elected based...

08/03/2026

Two members of the Climate Resilience Collaborative (CRC) in the SOEST Department of Earth Sciences joined a collaborative, three-week research expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, working with researchers from across the University of Hawaiʻi and partner organizations to sup...

07/29/2026

Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU) hosted a research symposium and panel discussion on July 17 at its Aloha Tower Marketplace campus where scientists presented the findings of a two-year field and laboratory study, conducted with the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa, evaluating whether Genki bal...

07/28/2026

On July 6, 2026, Governor Josh Green signed a bill (SB 2907, Act 186) that lays the groundwork for cohesive management of Hawai‘i’s blue economy—centralizing marine affairs oversight and formally designating the state as a hub for ocean innovation and stewardship

07/23/2026

New research led by University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa atmospheric scientists found that the century-old yardstick used across many industries to estimate air-conditioning and refrigeration energy demand — called cooling degree days — is missing something fundamental