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USGS - science for a changing world
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Molokai
Our mission is to work with others to provide scientific understanding and technologies needed to support and implement sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources occurring in Hawai`i and other Pacific island locations.
The World - Pacific View
PIERC science is conducted from Hawaii west and south across most of the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii. We work on many of the islands of the Trust Territories of Polynesia and Micronesia. This geographic area spans 6 time zones, both sides of the equator, and
is more than twice the size of the contiguous 48 U.S. states. This reality adds logistical challenges to our research programs.