News items about ecology.

April 18, 2024

Could Fishponds Help With Hawaiʻi’s Sustainability?

UH News, first published April 18, 2024. Indigenous aquaculture systems in Hawaiʻi, known as loko iʻa or fishponds, can increase the amount of fish and fisheries harvested both inside and […]
September 29, 2021

Pioneering Ocean Acidification Research Finds Grave Concern For Coral Reefs

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Oceanography Professor and Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology’s Interim Director Christopher Sabine has devoted his life to understanding the connections between the ocean and anthropogenic […]
September 20, 2021

Applying Innovative Technologies In Marine Science

This summer, eight graduate students from across Hawaii had the incredible opportunity to participate in the HIMB field course, “Applying Innovative Technologies in Marine Science”, sponsored […]
April 27, 2020

Voice of the Sea: Hanauma Bay

HIMB researcher, Dr. Ku’ulei Rodgers and her lab’s research in Hanauma Bay are featured in the most recent Voice of the Sea broadcast.  To read more on the […]
April 15, 2020

The Coronavirus Has Been Good For Hanauma Bay

HIMB’s Ku’ulei Rodgers and a team of scientists are taking advantage of the absence of visitors at Hanauma Bay to study the impact of humans on […]
July 5, 2016
Coral reef

HIMB playing important role in NASA coral study

The Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) is playing a significant role in NASA’s Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) a 15-million dollar three-year field study of […]