Valuing climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystem services
Summary Hawaiian coral reefs are of great ecological, cultural, and economic value, but they face serious threats including overfishing and pollution [...]
Reports
Empirical projection of future shoreline position change in the main Hawaiian Islands due to sea level rise
Summary The beaches of Kauaʻi and other Hawaiian Islands are highly important from cultural, ecological, and economic standpoints, but many are [...]
Hawaiian seascapes and their management implications
Summary Sociocultural aspects of shore use will be affected by changing climate, but there is a paucity of research on the scales and timelines in [...]
Preparing Fishponds for Climate Change in Moloka’i
Summary How can Moloka‘i’s traditional fishpond managers prepare for climate change? This project brings together Hawai‘i’s climate change [...]
Establishing Climate Change Vulnerability Rankings for Hawaiian Native Plants
Summary Hawai‘i has a relatively large number of native plants which are under threat from human activity including habitat loss due to [...]
Effects of changing climate on the Haleakalā Silversword, a rare Hawaiian plant
Summary Haleakalā silversword is a culturally and ecologically important plant that exists only on Haleakalā volcano and is currently experiencing [...]
Climate Change Effects in Hawaiian High Elevation Ecosystems
Summary Can one of Hawai‘i’s most iconic and spectacular endangered plants, the Haleakalā silversword, adapt to climate change? This project [...]
Potential impacts of projected climate change on vegetation management strategies in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Summary Future changes in rainfall and temperature will affect the habitat distribution of plant species in Hawaiʻi Volcanos National Park and [...]
Vulnerability of Hawaiian Forest Birds to Climate Change
Summary Future changes in rainfall across the Hawaiian Islands will affect natural habitats and hydrology as well as human agriculture, drinking [...]
Understanding the response of native and non-native forests to climate variability and change
Summary The native forests of Hawaiʻi are of vital importance ecologically as well as culturally. However, even protected forests are threatened by [...]
