Reading time: < 1minute The Kīlauea eruption has generated extensive news coverage and UH Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology experts have been sought by local, national and international media to provide background and information.
Reading time: < 1minute Bruce Houghton and nine past or present School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology graduates are working 24/7 at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring the Kīlauea eruption.
Reading time: 2minutes DisasterAWARE Enterprise, a new Software as a Service that extends life-saving technology to businesses worldwide, was just awarded Enterprise Preparedness Product of the Year by Compass Intelligence.
Reading time: 2minutes An International Pacific Research Center study by Yuqing Wang, Jiuwei Zhao and Ruifen Zhan shows a strong connection between the Global Warming Hiatus phenomenon and changes in cyclone activity over the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Reading time: 2minutes Powered by Pacific Disaster Center’s global, cloud-based DisasterAWARE platform, DisasterAWARE Enterprise will be released by enterprise solutions provider Kaazing as an advanced enterprise risk intelligence platform.
Reading time: 2minutes The fair will offer guidance to the UH Mānoa campus community on personal safety and wellness, as well natural disaster preparation and fire safety.
Reading time: < 1minute The homeland security and disaster management training had a specific focus on natural hazards, coastal communities and the special needs of islands and territories.
Reading time: 2minutes The study concluded that with warmer sea surface temperatures, tropical cyclones become not only stronger, with higher maximum wind speeds, but also larger, with gale-force winds covering a greater area.
Reading time: 2minutes The PDC is working with the federal and Florida emergency management professionals to help analyze impacts and make sure the most vulnerable populations are protected.