Pacific Garbage Patch gathering place for life thanks to currents
The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste according to a UH study.
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 pioneers of climate science
Klaus Hasselmann and Sykuro “Suki” Manabe share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, both with ties to the International Pacific Research Center and SOEST.
1st Pacific Islander to reach ocean’s deepest point is UH grad student
Nicole Yamase, a PhD candidate in the Marine Biology Graduate Program, explored the Western pool of the Challenger Deep.
Polar climate affects tropical trade wind strength
The authors demonstrate the physical pathways via which polar climate variations can affect the trade winds in the tropics.
Accuracy of El Niño simulation hones climate change estimates
Scientists found that when the models simulate the subsurface ocean current variations more accurately, asymmetry between El Niño and La Niña increases.
New funding supports drought predictions in Hawaiʻi, Pacific Islands
UH Mānoa and NOAA researchers secured a NOAA grant to assess factors affecting the intensity and duration of droughts.
Ringing of global atmosphere confirmed in UH research
The atmosphere’s “music” comes not as a sound we could hear, but in the form of large-scale waves of atmospheric pressure spanning the globe.
Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events
An international team of climate researchers, lead by Bin Wang of the UH Manoa examined 33 El Niño events to predict future El Niño behavior and shifts in weather patterns.
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.
