Predicting Future Bird Distributions in Micronesia
Summary How will Pohnpei’s birds deal with future forest changes? This project models bird species’ responses to long-term and large-scale [...]
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Reconstructing Hawaiian Rainfall Patterns from Māmane Tree Rings
Summary Can tree rings show how rainfall has changed over the last 100 years on Mauna Kea? Only one Hawaiian tree, māmane, has annual growth rings. [...]
Predicting the Future Distribution of Hawai’i’s Cloud Forest
Summary How will cloud forests change in the future? Hawai‘i’s cloud forests are the last remaining intact habitat for many endangered forest [...]
Projections of Future Climate Patterns for the Islands of Hawai’I and Maui
Summary How might the climate change on Maui and Hawai‘i? Global climate change projections must be “downscaled” to provide enough detail to [...]
Vulnerability Assessment for Native Hawaiian Plants
Summary How will climate change affect native Hawaiian plants? An interdisciplinary team completed a comprehensive climate change vulnerability [...]
Developing Methods to Test Hawaiian Birds for Malaria Immunity
Summary Are some birds naturally immune to malaria? Malaria is a problem for the fragile native Hawaiian forest birds, and one that is expected to [...]
Future Rainfall Projections for Hawai’i
Summary How much rain, and where, will the Hawaiian Islands receive in the future? “Downscaling” global climate models to accurately reflect [...]
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