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Out of a wildfire disaster comes a rapid response for agriculture. University of Hawai’i scientists mobilize to update our maps of what crops are in the ground across the state — important data to help identify future fire risks.
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Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island recently named Rich Matsuda as its next director. The self-proclaimed local boy spoke with The Conversation's Russell Subiono about dispelling the science versus culture mindset and building relationships with the community.
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The issue underscores the need for fencing to protect ʻōhiʻa trees from further infection as researchers recently released an online map showing the hardest hit areas on Hawaiʻi Island without fences to keep out hooved animals.
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Abby Frazier, a lead researcher for the Fifth National Climate Assessment, is a former Hawaiʻi resident. She has been working on climate variability across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific for more than a decade before recently taking a position at Clark University in Massachusetts.
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A new investigation from the Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations shows that workers involved in disaster cleanup often lack protections to keep them safe. Researchers surveyed 100 people who had worked in disaster recovery, mainly in Florida and Louisiana. Reporter María Inés Zamudio spoke to Hawaiʻi Public Radio about the loosely regulated industry.
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Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway. The video could help solve mysteries about the days-long barrage in 1942 that marked a shift in control of the Pacific theater from Japanese to U.S. forces.
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The one-year program aims to develop the next generation of technology innovators by providing intellectual property training and industry mentorship. It's tailored for Ph.D. candidates and post-doctoral scholars.
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Scientists say last year's Tonga volcanic eruption produced the fastest underwater currents ever recorded. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
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While Maui firefighters continue to work to extinguish wildfires around the island, the potential impact on their physical and psychological well-being becomes more and more apparent. Researchers in 2021 found that firefighters are one of the least understood when it comes to medical research.
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Scientists are one step closer to perfecting a method that could save hundreds of coral species from extinction. Researchers at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology have successfully cryopreserved and revived entire fragments of coral. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.