Climate Change, Invasive Species, and Health
The State of Hawaiʻi, City & County of Honolulu’s Resilience Office, Hawaiʻi County’s Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience (OSCER), Kauaʻi County’s Office of Economic Development, and Maui County collaborated on a series of posts on climate change, invasive species, and health. This series is one aspect of the state and counties’ work to combat invasive species.
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Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle: Climate Change and Health Impacts
Learn more about how climate change is contributing to increased coconut rhinoceros beetle activity and impacts to public health.
- Climate Change Connections: Guam (Coconut Palms) (2025)
- DLNR: Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
- Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (2023)
- CRB Frequently Asked Questions
- Determining the potential distribution of Oryctes monoceros and Oryctes rhinoceros by combining machine-learning with high-dimensional multidisciplinary environmental variables (2019)
- Global potential distribution of Oryctes rhinoceros, as predicted by Boosted Regression Tree model (2022)
- Microbial characterization during composting of municipal solid waste (2001)
- New Interim Rule Continues Restrictions on the Movement of Palm Plants and Organic Material That May Contain Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles
- A Tiny Island and a Giant Beetle: A Fight to Save Coconut Palms in Vanuatu (2024)
- Tree Shade, Temperature, and Human Health: Evidence from Invasive Species-induced Deforestation (2019)
Mosquitoes, Climate Change, and Health
Learn how climate change is driving mosquito population growth, and what that means for disease risk and public health.
- About Mosquitoes in the United States (2024)
- Climate Change Indicators: West Nile Virus (2025)
- Climate and Vector borne Diseases (2008)
- Ecology of invasive mosquitoes: Effects on resident species and human health (2005)
- Emerging vector-borne diseases in the United States: What is next, and are we prepared? (2016)
- Evaluating the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in non-endemic regions: A dynamic modeling approach (2024)
- Evolutionary adaptation under climate change: Aedes sp. demonstrates potential to adapt to warming (2025)
- Evolution determines how global warming and pesticide exposure will shape predator–prey interactions with vector mosquitoes (2016)
- Explainer: How climate change is amplifying mosquito-borne diseases (2022)
- How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming? (2021)
- The impact of climate change on travel-related vector-borne diseases: A case study on dengue virus transmission (2025)
- Modeling the impacts of global warming on predation and biotic resistance: mosquitoes, damselflies and avian malaria in Hawaii (2012)
- Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Workers (2024)
- Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases
- Preventing Mosquito Bites (2024)
- The role of native and introduced birds in transmission of avian malaria in Hawaiʻi (2020)
- Vulnerable Populations (2022)
- Urban mosquito distributions are modulated by socioeconomic status and environmental traits in the USA (2023)
- What to Do After a Hurricane or Flood (2024)
Albizia & Miconia
Learn how Albizia and Miconia impact climate change and what that means for invasive species control and public health.
- Health and Ecosystem Impacts of Albizia
- Recent Cases in Hawai’i Strategic Plan for the Control and Management of Albizia in Hawaii, Hawaii Invasive Species Council, 2018, dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/albizia/.
- Interconnection between climate change and Albizia