university marine scientist group Hawaii Hiro and hmm Manoa traveled to Juneau, Alaska to exchange knowledge with fellow State 49 scientists who are helping adapt to climate change.of Hawaii– The Alaska collaboration provides a way for scientists and students to explore the steep watershed ecosystems found in both locations that look different at first glance but are actually very similar. increase.

“Both places [have] Steep slopes and short river systems that rapidly transport watershed material from the ridge to the sea.” Tracy Wiegner,Professor hmm Hilo’s Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Program (TCBES). “Also, both locations get a lot of rain and have rainforest vegetation. Hawaii During a guerrilla downpour. “

Cross-regional research is conducted through the Pacific Islands and Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) in Hilo and Juneau. U.S. Geological Survey in 9 regions CASCLocated in the continental United States, s is a collaboration that links scientists with natural and cultural resource managers and local communities to help fish, wildlife, water, land and people adapt to a changing climate. Through our programs, we focus on local challenges.

Wiegner joins hmm Colleague at Hiro Marine Science Stephen Colbert,Associate Professor. Tim Grabowski, Adjunct Associate Professor.When TCBES graduate student Walter Bogerparticipants from hmm Manoa included an ecologist Yin Huang Tsang From Natural Resources and Environmental Management (Nonrem) programs and graduate students; yufen fan (Nonrem) When Daniel Bartz (marine biology and Hawaii Joint Fisheries Research Unit).

of Hawaii The group looked at salmon studies in Alaskan watersheds and compared the methodologies of interregional projects as part of the Pacific Islands-Alaska CASC collaboration.upon Oahusimilar studies examining invasive catfish are underway.

This collaboration is one of several related projects discussed by groups of researchers, students and staff from the two climate centers at the Juno Forestry Science Institute in late July 2022. Groups shared findings, compared fieldwork locations and methods, and discussed a shared vision of working together.

Through research and communication in the two regions, the scientists working on this project hope to learn from each other how best to support community-based adaptation efforts.

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