coastal erosion

A controversial house damaged by erosion near Sunset Beach on Oʻahu’s North Shore was demolished late last week after its lanai cracked and fell onto the sand below. Although the house is gone, climate scientist Chip Fletcher said the saga at Ke Nui Road is far from over. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

Sea level rise is a global concern that also hits home here in Hawaiʻi. But it's not just a story about the ocean. It's also about sand and sea walls. With our partners at the UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, we're sharing perspectives from those who remember sand dunes in Waiʻanae and wide beaches in Kailua.

Limu is not just seaweed, it's the foundation of the marine life food chain. Our partners at the Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa introduce limu gatherers Wally Ito, Vivian Lehua Ainoa and Alyson Napua Barrows.

The Waikīkī and Ala Moana areas are especially vulnerable to coastal erosion and flooding linked to sea level rise. They used to be wetlands, ponds and waterways before they were drained for the Ala Wai Canal. Our partners at the Center for Oral History shared some firsthand memories of marine life from the early 1900s.

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A study of the 20 Hawaii coastal highways most susceptible to erosion and structural degradation has found 10 of the roads are in Maui…

It’s being hailed as a solution to save Sunset Beach thanks to a private-public partnership. Work began yesterday to take down damaged portion of a bike…

What’s in store for us this summer? The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with Dolan Eversole, a coastal geologist with the University of Hawai?i’s Sea…