WERI kicks off the Guam Rocks! show at Ritidian's National Wildlife Refuge as part of a series of student field trips running from April to May.Students participated in learning about Guam's geology through a game called "Sink or Float?", where they learned what characteristics determine the density of a rock. Other rock characteristics were also exhibited with local samples of magnetic sand and a rock bubbling when exposed to some chemical. The inner-workings of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer (NGLA) was also revealed through a mini model. During the demonstration, the students witnessed…

At the 2025 University of Guam’s (UOG) Conference on Island Sustainability, held at the Hyatt Regency Guam, Ms. Dannika Kate Valerio, Research Assistant and Information Manager at UOG’s Water and Environmental Research Institute (WERI), presented “MAppFx: Bringing Guam’s Data into the Future” during the Thriving Natural Resources – Terrestrial Session 1. In today’s era of Big Data, Ms. Valerio emphasized the growing importance of accessible and centralized water resource data to support researchers, water managers, and agencies responsible for protecting and producing Guam’s water.She introduced MAppFx, an interactive and innovative web-based mapping platform…