A #UHManoa study finds converting Hawaiʻi’s unused farmland to #agroforestry could enhance #carbon storage, reduce fire risks, support local #food production, and revive #Indigenous #land management, aiding the state’s 2045 carbon neutrality goal. #permaculture #environment #hawaii #revolution

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/03/13/agroforestry-key-to-carbon-neutrality/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJKYNlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdVYUr12DzCccyxXM02EE-Ad-BsxrR4rsNXmtVl13VrqrlmKN368uNFZmQ_aem_dTv8Dh2glSjwdU2OSM619Q

This month, researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa collected data from outrigger canoe paddlers to determine the activity’s metabolic equivalents (METs), which show how many calories or energy expenditure a person burns when engaged in a physical activity. The long-term mission is to have canoe club memberships covered by health insurance. #outriggercanoe #uhmanoa #healthinsurance #metabolism

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/11/measuring-outrigger-canoe-paddling-intensity/

Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology that can monitor global reef health remotely https://innovationtoronto.com/2023/05/using-cutting-edge-artificial-intelligence-technology-that-can-monitor-global-reef-health-remotely/

#uhmanoa #coralreefmonitoring #reefhalos

More about me (#introduction continued?)

#PolycysticKidneyDisease #PKD #BipolarDisorder #ADHD basically a walking mess of #disability and #ChronicIllness

Raised but not born in #Hawaiʻi (#Oʻahu #Honolulu #Mānoa #808State), #UHManoa grad, now living in #Tennessee (#TheNorth?)

#AsianAmerican #ChineseAmerican #JapaneseAmerican #Hawaiian #Indigenous #MixedRace #Hapa

Enough of an #introvert/#ambivert to want to say hi but not necessarily all the time?

Professor David Nawa'a Napoleon on naming the supercluster of galaxies, Laniakea

https://theoffsetter.com/laniakea-supercluster-galaxies-david-nawaa-napoleon

#laniakea #supercluster #galaxies #hawaii #hawaiian #roots #hokulea #wakea #kapiolanicommunitycollege #universityofhawaii #uhmanoa #hawaiilife #honolulu #ohau #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #cosmography #universe #space #science #cartography #cosmos #planet #earth #palebluedot #youarehere #stargazing

#introduction (toot!)

I'm a computational biologist at #UHManoa studying microbial ecosystems in the pacific ocean

...currently obsessing over marine phage and phage satellites: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2212722119

In addition to #bioinformatics, #metagenomics, and #environmentalmicrobiology, I'm here to follow #sciart, #environmentalequity, #ultimate (the sport), and anything else interesting and beautiful.