MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: At the nexus of ecosystem conservation and climate mitigation, two groundbreaking research projects led by University of Hawai'i at Manoa oceanographers received funding totaling nearly $4 million from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). The pioneering research is poised to transform the understanding of a potential ocean-based tool to remove carbon dioxide from the atm more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 7 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Alaka'ina Foundation has increased its philanthropic investment in University of Hawaii programs and students with innovative gifts totaling $540,000 that create partnerships with community groups to promote sustainability. This aligns with Alaka'ina Foundation's mission to Aloha 'Aina by supporting the teaching and preserving of Hawaii's lands and oceans. The new gifts from the Honolulu-based Na more PR

KAHULUI, Hawaii, Sept. 6 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D. is announcing a vehicle replacement program for survivors of the Maui wildfire disaster, as an option toward recovery. "With the Hawaii Fire Relief Housing Program up and running to meet the immediate housing needs of those affected by the Maui wildfires, we're highlighting another priority need--transportation," said Governor Green. The Governor has worked with Avis Budget Car  more PR

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Everyone knows that lava is made of melted rocks. It makes sense that different types of rocks are produced from different types of lava; for example, the lava in Hawaii is different than the lava common in a Cascadian volcano like Mt. Saint Helens. The rocks and minerals that lava, or magma, become also depends on temperature and pressure conditions  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Sept. 7 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Samford University announced its largest total enrollment in the history of the institution with 5,791 students. It also set new records for the largest class of first year students and the largest number of undergraduate students. This fall, 1,081 first year students enrolled at Samford, which is an increase from last year's record number of 972. The total number of undergraduate students is 3,832. The stude more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Using machine learning, an international team that included two researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa found human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have already caused an increase in day-to-day rainfall fluctuations over the tropical eastern Pacific and the mid-latitudes. The study was published in Nature. "Climate model projections indicate that warming  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A new book by three professors at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health explores Native Hawaiian cultural practices from the perspectives of 14 esteemed kumu loea, or experts. Ka Mano Wai: The Source of Life by Noreen Mokuau, Kukunaokala Yoshimoto and Kathryn Braun shows why Native Hawaiian practices such as malama 'aina (caring for the land), more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A University of Hawai'i-led discovery of an immense bubble 820 million light years from Earth is believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe. Astronomer Brent Tully from the UH Institute for Astronomy and his team unexpectedly found the bubble within a web of galaxies. The entity has been given the name Ho'oleilana, a term drawn from the Kumulipo, a Hawaiian creation more PR

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, Sept. 7 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Approximately 60 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 23-8.05 July 6 to Aug. 6, 2023, at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Conducted in support of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the 529th was more PR