Indigenous communities gain improved access to oceanographic data
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System is collaborating with partners in the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
COP26 has failed our children—political compromise cannot be the answer
This editorial by UH Mānoa Associate Dean Chip Fletcher was posted in The Hill on November 17, 2021.
Coastal real estate under serious threat due to climate change
U.S. homebuyers are taking the real estate impacts of climate change more seriously, according to UHERO.
Native Hawaiian scientists sail to Papahānaumokuākea
The 15-day scientific research voyage is aimed at collecting data to develop strategies for climate change.
How the moon’s ‘wobble’ worsens coastal flooding
This editorial by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professor Philip R. Thompson was posted in The Hill on July 20, 2021.
Increased high-tide flooding projected for majority of U.S. coastlines
Sea-level rise and natural fluctuations in tidal range are anticipated to cause tipping points in the frequency of high-tide flooding.
UH Mānoa professor teaching sea-level rise, islander’s poetry at Princeton
Christina Gerhardt will also complete her current book project, an Atlas of (Remote) Islands and Sea Level Rise.
Sea-level rise challenges can be met by atoll communities
Low-lying reef islands such as the Marshall Islands could become unstable by mid-century and permanently lost as soon as 2080.
40% of Oʻahu beaches could be lost by mid-century
Researchers assessed the shoreline around Oʻahu most vulnerable to erosion under three scenarios of sea-level rise—all estimated to occur before, and shortly after mid-century.
Sea-level variability to increase with ocean warming
Sea level variability alters tidal cycles and enhances the risks of coastal flooding and erosion beyond changes associated with sea level rise.
