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‘It’s a way of living’: UH study connects spearfishing to wellness, culture, community

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers highlight in new study how practice deeply rooted in Hawaiian tradition promotes food security, physical activity, cultural identity and community well-being.

UH study: Rising seas eating away at underground infrastructure in Hawaiʻi, globally

According to the study, led by UH coastal geologist Shellie Habel, cities with buried infrastructure are most at risk for corrosion and system failures due to interaction with this shallower and saltier groundwater.

Rare Japanese scrolls 200 years old digitized at UH Mānoa Library for global access

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library has successfully digitized the 鯨魚鑬笑録 (Geigyo ranshōroku) scrolls, rare hand-painted Japanese scrolls depicting the process of whale hunting during Japan’s Edo period.

UH Mānoa Study: Ocean Warming Increases Potential of Destructive Cyclones

The group found that for every degree Celsius increase of sea surface temperature, the destructive potential of typhoons in the western North Pacific can increase by 340%