{"id":173363,"date":"2023-02-28T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=173363"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:51:13","slug":"flooding-hawaiian-fishponds-hohonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/flooding-hawaiian-fishponds-hohonu\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding Hawaiian fishponds get help from 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> technology startup"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Frontline communities nationwide facing increasing threats from climate change such as flooding are getting water sensor technology and real-time data thanks to Hohonu, Inc.<\/a>, a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> technology startup that provides environmental water level monitoring.<\/p>\n

Hohonu is teaming up with Purple Maiʻa<\/span> Foundation and Kuaʻaina<\/span> Ulu ʻAuamo<\/span> for a $400,000 congressionally funded project.<\/p>\n

The Loko Iʻa<\/span> and Coastal Monitoring Project<\/a> will integrate emerging sensor and data science technologies into approximately 30 fishpond restoration projects across Oʻahu<\/span> and Maui Counties. The team will deploy additional water quality sensors to measure dissolved oxygen, temperature, meteorological data, chlorophyll and turbidity.<\/p>\n

“We’re seeing accelerated threats and changes today that didn’t exist when the ponds were healthy and productive hundreds of years ago, which means that we need to be able to use contemporary tools to help identify how to restore places in the face of accelerating climate change,” said Brian Glazer<\/strong>, Hohonu CEO<\/abbr> and co-founder and oceanography associate professor at the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sensors send data measurements wirelessly every six minutes. Hohonu has made the data available in real time to the public through an online dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>, a partial equity owner in the company, along with some local nonprofits, is a part of Hohonu\u2019s mission to democratize access to ocean observing technologies.<\/p>\n

“糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> invested in Hohonu because we believe in the researcher, and we believe it is impacting the economy,” said Steve Auerbach<\/strong>, interim director of 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s Office of Innovation and Commercialization<\/a>. \u201cOur ultimate goal is trying to diversify Hawaiʻi\u2019s<\/span> economy through our innovation and research. Brian\u2019s technology and company are aligned with 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s strategic plan, and we want to encourage more of those companies to come out of the world-class research we have here at 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>.”<\/p>\n