Thursday, October 4, 2018 Today I had a great opportunity to meet students from Aotearoa and Waianae High School. Big mahalos to Dr. Kiana Frank for putting together such a cool opportunity for these kids to come together and do some mālama at Papahana Kuaola. I hope you guys had a great time and madeContinue reading “Never. Give. Up.”
Category Archives: Kanaka Science
Starting Year 2 of Data Collection!
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 We are back in Kona, starting our second year of sampling! We started our trip off with a community meeting to provide updates on our project: data so far, where we have been, who we have collaborated, etc. All attendees seemed very excited to hear about our project, and the researchersContinue reading “Starting Year 2 of Data Collection!”
Voggy = Groggy
Saturday, June 9th, 2018 Hi! I’m back! And Kona is more voggy than I’ve ever seen. Vog is volcanic haze that comes from the other side of the island, where the Kīlauea eruptions have been going off and creating all of this vog, sending it over to Kona via the trade winds. The skies areContinue reading “Voggy = Groggy”
Falling more and more in love…
Saturday, March 24, 2018 I just got back home to Oahu, and I already miss Kona. Every time I visit Kona for work, I fall more and more in love with the place. I’m already looking forward to flying back this summer…I don’t care if it is super hot and muggy, I’m still going toContinue reading “Falling more and more in love…”
Higher than the clouds…
R March 15, 2018 Last post I forgot to add this super cute picture of a meow meow drinking water from the well at Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Ranch! He was so irritated by my sampling, he really just enjoyed that steady stream of fresh water so much! The team is complete. All six of us (Dr.Continue reading “Higher than the clouds…”