Science

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.

A new investigation from the Center for Public Integrity 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Public input is being sought in the selection of members to sit on a community group dealing with the Red Hill water defueling and shutdown; HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol explains how a group of Maui researchers went to Nepal in search of data; Rare petrel nests are discovered atop a remote mountain in American Samoa

The University of Hawaiʻi recently received over $500 million in extramural research funding. The money comes from the federal government, industry, and non-profit groups.

HPR's Sabrina Bodon details a training program that places community collage graduates into rail jobs; University of Hawaiʻi faculty rake in record amounts in research funds; Department of Land and Natural Resources hosts statewide meetings about stewardship fees to maintain marine resources; and a retired local physicist shares his perspective on the newly released "Oppenheimer" film

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has received nearly $11 million to study environmental microbes and microbiomes in relation to human health. Microbiomes are communities of microorganisms like bacteria that live on and in people, animals, and throughout the natural environment.