When a star reaches its final stages of life, it ends in a bright and powerful explosion called a supernova and scatters material across the universe

While long-term data shows that Hawaiʻi is getting drier overall, short, intense downpours that cause sudden, dangerous flash floods are getting stronger in the islands, according to a new study led b...

Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, host and producer of the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program’s Voice of the Sea television series and director of its Center of Excellence for Marine Science Educat...

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi found that the number of young spinner dolphins is only half of what it needs to be to maintain a healthy population.

Marine mammal research has attained new heights as scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are deploying noninvasive suction-cup tags onto humpback whales using drones

Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU) hosted a research symposium and panel discussion on July 17 at its Aloha Tower Marketplace campus where scientists presented the findings of a two-year field and labor...

New research led by University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa atmospheric scientists found that the century-old yardstick used across many industries to estimate air-conditioning and refrigeration energy de...

Studies regarding the role of bubbles on air-sea gas exchange over the past decades are reviewed Bubble-mediated gas transfer is strongly nonlinear, solubility-dependent, and asymmetric; its role...

A metric shows air conditioners work less efficiently as temperatures rise, while humidity can worsen or offset losses. Across North America, future cooling energy demand may grow far faster than stan...

Human activities are fundamentally altering the chemical makeup of local coral reefs, according to a study led by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and published today in Nature Communications

Contrary to conventional geological thinking, the Hawaiian mantle plume has gotten hotter by about 250°C (480°F) over the past 47 million years

Unexpectedly low calf numbers within the spinner dolphin population off Hawaiʻi Island were revealed in a study led by scientists with the Marine Mammal Research Program at the University of Hawaiʻi a...

Two independent studies suggest that thousands of submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and offshore Africa are likely to have resulted from two high-temperature structures in the lower mantle, who...

Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly all sectors of modern society, including healthcare, education, government services, power grid operation, banking, defense, and disas...

We report the first live in situ observations of the iconic goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) on a seamount near Jarvis Island in 2019 and on the slope of the Tonga Trench in 2024. Past observations...

The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep ocean habitat were reported in a new paper by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa-led team of ocea...

New research led by earth scientists at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa revealed that tectonic stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California has now reached...

A seven-year collaborative study has revealed alarming fluctuations in the health of Hawaiʻi’s endangered insular false killer whales, with some individuals losing nearly a quarter of their body weigh...

Coral reefs are gravely threatened by climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. However, global coral reef collapse is not inevitable, and the status of coral reef tipping points is uncertain....

From thousands of feet above the ocean, coral reefs reveal a hidden signal: pale, circular “halos” etched into the seafloor

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduating senior Emily Josefina Velasquez had full-ride scholarship offers closer to home

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa held its 2026 UH Mānoa Awards ceremony on May 5, 2026

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has identified a large-scale tropical disturbance called the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) as a significant driver of the islands' climate, including extreme event...

Vera Wang, a senior at Kaiser High School, won in multiple categories at the 2026 Hawai‘i State Science & Engineering Fair for her research on fungi that can degrade plastic and sunscreen conducted in...

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has finalized a strategic reorganization moving the Waikīkī Aquarium within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) to strengthen research syner...

Among the finalists in a national NASA competition focused on advancing technologies for future space exploration is a student-led engineering team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and UH Hilo

The University of Hawaiʻi has been designated as a new Pacific Reef Research Coordination Institute (Pacific RRCI) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support coral reef c...

For decades, scientists have worked to improve predictions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate powerhouse that can cause droughts, flooding, marine heatwaves, and more around the world

A new study by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers revealed that Waikīkī is facing a fundamental shift in flood hazards as sea levels rise–transitioning from a flooding that is driven primarily...

Oceanographers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa discovered that microbial communities–from the sunlit surface to extreme depths–in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre exhibit robust seasonal cyc...

In the remote reaches of the Pacific Ocean, where few humans have ever ventured, lies one of the most diverse and culturally significant ecosystems on Earth