Rings in the trunks of Southwest United States trees provide information that could improve models predicting the impact of global warming on the El Nino and La Nina cycles.

Using observations and computer simulations, UH scientists are getting closer to understanding how hurricanes form and intensify.

University of Hawaii researchers find evidence that marine reserves contribute to fish stocks a hundred miles away.

Revised analysis of historical data indicates Atlantic trade winds have weakened.

Climate change could bring more hurricanes to Hawaiʻi .

A team of researchers at UH Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology have produced a computer simulation of how far the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig could travel.

Climate models project an increase of more than 1 degree centigrade in global average surface temperatures by the middle of the century. However, actual change in ocean surface temperatures will vary by region.

A new study by the International Pacific Research Center provides convincing evidence for the 40-year-old theory of “solar tides” generated when the sun heats the upper atmosphere.