sea level rise

Senate Bill 657 proposed the creation of a climate data hub within the University of Hawaiʻi’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, using $2 million in state funds to support the work of 15 researchers affiliated with the Coastal Research Collaborative.

Sea level rise in Hawaiʻi is progressing at a faster pace than previously thought. The Conversation spoke to Richelle Moskvichev, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

About $1.4 billion — that’s how much the state will need to address climate resiliency over the next five years, according to the governor’s Climate Advisory Team. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on three measures still alive at the Legislature that would collect funds for climate resilience, two of which would again increase the tax levied on hotels.

The Conversation spoke with Matthew Brown, the managing librarian at the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled. He’s lived in Hawaiʻi for the past 16 years and began by sharing some of the changes he’s noticed.

The Conversation sat down with Ben Sullivan, the city’s chief resilience officer, at a park bench near all the seawall construction in Waikīkī to talk about efforts by the county and state and the University of Hawaiʻi to find ways to adapt to climate change.

Speaking to The Conversation, Honolulu Environmental Services Director Roger Babcock discussed past wastewater spills, and the multiple threats to Waikīkī associated with sea level rise.

Partnering with the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Shellie Habel monitors groundwater wells in Waikīkī to study the hidden threat of rising sea levels. She said that her research over the years has tracked high levels of fecal bacteria correlating to high visitor counts in Waikīkī hotels.

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.

In 2017, Hawai‘i set high tide records for four straight months. It turned out to be because of a combination of factors including sea level rise, and an…

The National Weather Service issued a special advisory Monday warning that flooding may occur this week along the shores of the major Hawaiian islands…