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.
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.
