Coastlines: Unsung heroes in Hawaiʻi’s rainfall creation
This finding can be used to improve numerical weather prediction of nearshore cloud formation and rainfall patterns across the Hawaiian islands.
Hawaiʻi’s weather women: Elevating the impact of atmospheric sciences
Three distinguished female faculty are further elevating the department’s research and prestige, making atmospheric waves in climate modeling and cloud microphysics.
Oceanography, atmospheric sciences, more highly ranked for program excellence
In total, 14 subjects placed in the world's top 1%.
Hurricanes arriving earlier due to climate change
New research revealed that since the 1980s, category 4 and 5 hurricanes have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change.
Potentially hazardous La Niña weather more common, lasting longer
Five out of six La Niña events since 1998 have lasted more than one year, including an unprecedented triple-year event.
Storm threats spur first atmospheric sciences bachelor’s and master’s student
Dennis Trotter is the inaugural student in the Atmospheric Sciences Bachelor’s and Master’s program at UH Mānoa.
El Niño research earns faculty early career scientist award
Christina Karamperidou was honored with an Early Career Scientist Award by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
UH telescope to help collect essential climate change data
The intake tube less than an inch in diameter and 25 feet long will provide vital data to track climate change through CO2 measurements.
El Niño ‘flavors’ help unravel past variability, future response to climate change
This work offers new knowledge on how El Niño may respond to climate change.
UH Mānoa programs rank among world’s best by U.S. News and World Report
UH’s flagship campus is ranked No. 394 worldwide and No. 106 in the U.S.
