Project sparks passion to protect Hawai?i beaches
Kammie Tavares’ research findings emphasize that the time to act is now to reduce or reverse shoreline hardening, which causes beach loss.
Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level
A team of specialists quantified land use on the Oʻahu coast over the period 1928–2015 and concluded that state and national coastal zone management practices will require new policies, or more effective ways for implementing existing policies.
Plan for disruptive high-tide flooding by mid-century
This column on the rising sea level change in Hawaiʻi by Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher ran in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on October 14, 2018.
Hawai?i land impacted by sea level rise may be double previous estimates
东精影业 researchers Tiffany Anderson and Chip Fletcher say including the effects of waves and erosion expands vulnerable areas.
东精影业-led Honolulu commission issues sea-level and climate-change guidance
In response, Mayor Caldwell issued a formal directive to all city departments and agencies to take action in order to address, minimize the risks from and adapt to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise.
Study says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century
Researchers from the International Pacific Research Center say the combination of rising sea levels and wave-driven flooding will cause tremendous damage.
东精影业 Sea Level Center expands forecasts with new federal funding
$5 million from NOAA will fund research of vital topics such as sea level rise and coastal flooding.
东精影业 Hilo student’s performance art addresses rising sea levels in his homeland
For his final exam in an introductory theatre course, Randon Jack did a performance piece about the threat of rising sea levels on his homeland atoll of Majuro.
Senator Brian Schatz discusses king tides in Voice of the Sea
Researchers and specialists explored the effects of sea level rise in places like Waikīkī.
Enhancing coastal resilience in West Maui goal of new PacIOOS grant
A $500,000 NOAA grant will enable the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System to develop a high-resolution, real-time wave run-up forecast and notification system for West Maui’s coastline.