After waiting months for federal funding to materialize, the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center had to officially close its doors last week.
PI-CASC opened in 2012 as a partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and the University of Guam with federal support from the U.S. Geological Survey, which is within the Department of the Interior.
The Pacific climate hub was one of nine regional centers across the country…