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.
A new study concludes warm climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2
Led by UH Mānoa’s Tobias Friedrich, this study took a different approach in calculating climate sensitivity—using data from the history of Earth.
Past climate change swings orchestrated early human migration waves out of Africa
UH at Mānoa researchers challenge prominent anthropological models in a new study published in the journal Nature.
Unexpected changes in high-level equatorial winds surprise scientists
A study published last week in Science presents a mechanism to explain the unexpected and unprecedented disruption of the atmospheric winds in February 2016.
Rapidly acidifying waters pose major threat for Southern Ocean ecosystem
New study finds that increased human-induced carbon dioxide will make survival difficult for some organisms
Extreme Pacific sea level events to double in future
Researchers at UH Mānoa’s International Pacific Research Center find that projected climate change will enhance El Niño-related sea level extremes.
Extending climate predictability beyond El Niño
Tropical Pacific climate variations and their global weather impacts may be predicted much further in advance than previously thought.
Ocean warming picks up speed, hits warmest temperatures ever recorded
UH Mānoa climate scientist Axel Timmermann believes 14-year-long pause in sea surface temperatures has ended.
