Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education

Gov. Green appoints SOEST scientists for climate resilience, marine affairs

April 23, 2024
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Chip Fletcher was appointed as special advisor for Climate and Resilience and David Karl was appointed as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Marine Affairs.

Catalog of coral microbes, metabolites paves the way to monitor reef health

March 11, 2024
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes A study revealed that each type of coral and algae from a coral reef produced a unique suite of hundreds of chemical compounds.

UH researchers investigate nearshore water quality, reef health after Maui fires

October 13, 2023
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes In collaboration with the community, UH researchers are sampling West Maui reefs to assess the impact from the toxic ash from the devastating Lahaina wildfire.

Rare 花秀直播an snails gain support from $1.5M conservation funding

March 31, 2023
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes 花秀直播an land snails, most of which are found nowhere else in the world, are among some of the most threatened animals on the planet.

Tonga eruption spawns massive phytoplankton bloom

October 12, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes The largest submarine volcanic eruption of this century led to a dramatic phytoplankton bloom north of the island of Tongatapu, in the Kingdom of Tonga.

NSF director visits UH, meets with faculty and students

August 30, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes In FY 2021, UH was among the top 50 institutions receiving the most funding from NSF.

Waimea Valley ‘bioblitz’ unlocks microbial, environmental understanding

August 12, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 4 minutes A team of researchers conducted a monumental field expedition by sampling more than 3,000 microbes and microbiomes from Waimea Valley.

UH dashboard provides public, officials with tap water data

August 5, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes The interactive dashboard allows the public to track water sample findings over time and provides visual maps and graphs used for screening analyses as well as downloadable data.

2 SOEST researchers in top 25 of international ranking

May 23, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Atmospheric scientist Bin Wang and oceanographer David Karl, were named in the top 25 researchers internationally, according to the recent Research.com ranking.

Microbes play critical role in climate change in new report

April 25, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa oceanographer David Karl, and more than 30 experts from diverse disciplines, illuminating how microbes can help us adapt to climate change.