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Los Angeles Times journalist on how California is contending with sea level rise

From left to right: UH Mānoa ISR's Makena Coffman, The Conversation host Catherine Cruz, and author Rosanna Xia.
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Climate change is certainly dominating the headlines with fire and water events sweeping the country of late.

Author and climate journalist Rosanna Xia covers environmental issues for the Los Angeles Times. She recently came out with a new book, “California against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline.”

She will be giving a talk today at 6:30 p.m. at the UH Mānoa Architecture Auditorium as part of the Better Tomorrow Speaker series.

The Conversation talked to Xia and Makena Coffman, director of the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience at the University of Hawaiʻi, about Xia's book and the event.

From left to right: UH Mānoa ISR's Makena Coffman, The Conversation's host Catherine Cruz and Author Rosanna Xia.
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From left to right: UH Mānoa ISR's Makena Coffman, The Conversation host Catherine Cruz and, author Rosanna Xia.

For more information about the free talk, click here. However, if you are unable to make the talk tonight, it will be available as a podcast.


This segment aired on The Conversation on Jan. 16, 2025. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1. 

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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