Guam households have historically paid a high cost for electricity because most power plants on the island still rely on expensive imported fossil fue.
The University of Guam conferred degrees to approximately 333 students recently and four graduates shared the stories of their journeys through higher education.
More than one-third of all coral reefs in Guam were killed from 2013 to 2017 over the course of multiple bleaching events, previous UOG research led by Laurie J. Raymundo found. Coral bleaching occurs when corals are stressed by environmental changes and expel the essential symbiotic algae that live in their tissues, causing them to turn white and often die.
This latest study examined the resilience of staghorn corals, Acropora cf. pulchra, in heightened seawater temperatures. This species of coral is one of Guam’s dominant reef builders, and its habitats experience temperatures up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit during the hottest months of the year, leaving it vulnerable to bleaching episodes and population decline.
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