UH developing diagnostic tool to improve Pacific Island forecasts
H. Annamalai at the International Pacific Research Center and his team are working to help scientists strengthen their weather and climate prediction models.
La Niña-like ocean cooling patterns intensify tropical cyclones
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.
Study says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century
Researchers from the International Pacific Research Center say the combination of rising sea levels and wave-driven flooding will cause tremendous damage.
Post-eruption sunsets shed light on historical wind patterns
Research is published by climate modelers Kevin Hamilton and Takatoshi Sakazaki of the International Pacific Research Center.
Heightened threat of destructive potential of cyclones increases with ocean warming
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.
Snow in Hawaiʻi: What does the future hold?
Research indicates that the two volcano summits are typically snow-covered at least 20 days each winter but that the snow cover will nearly disappear by the end of the century.
SOEST formalizes research and academic collaboration with Tohoku University
The first participants in the student and faculty exchanges will focus on climate change research.
A daily disturbance from the upper atmosphere leaves its footprints on tropical rainfall
UH Mānoa researcher Takatoshi Sakazaki published a study in Geophysical Research Letters to determine the root cause of the temporal patterns.
Milutin Milankovic Medal awarded to climate researcher Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann, a researcher at the International Pacific Research Center, has been recognized for outstanding research on long term climatic changes and modeling.
Scientists drill deep to gain insights into East African climate history
Researchers from all over the world gathered at Lake Challa, an East African volcanic lake, to uncover its hidden record of the climate history.
