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Enhancing coastal resilience in West Maui goal of new PacIOOS grant

July 14, 2017
UH News

A $500,000 NOAA grant will enable the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System to develop a high-resolution, real-time wave run-up forecast and notification system for West Maui’s coastline.

UH researchers help community understand and prepare for king tides

June 26, 2017
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More than 200 people signed up to participate in the king tides project and contributed more than 900 photographs in May.

President Lassner signs to support the Paris Agreement

June 1, 2017
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The open letter from U.S. state, local, higher education, and business leaders is a response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Reef fish sustainability off West Hawaiʻi Island

May 31, 2017
UH News

Jennifer Wong-Ala, an environmental science graduate, conducted research to determine how biological and physical factors affect the number of fish surviving.

UH at the forefront of king tides and sea-level rise research

May 26, 2017
UH News

The public has the opportunity to get involved documenting high water levels and related impacts through the King Tides “citizen science” project.

Summer flooding expected after water levels break 112-year record

May 19, 2017
UH News

The upcoming peak astronomic tides of the year, known as “king tides,” will occur around May 26, June 23 and July 21.

As sea level rises, much of Honolulu and Waikīkī vulnerable to groundwater inundation

March 26, 2017
UH News

UH Mānoa researchers developed a computer model that simulates future flood scenarios in the urban core as sea level rises—as its projected for this century.

Community members act as citizen scientists to help Snap the Shore, See the Future

November 4, 2016
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Hawaiʻi Sea Grant will train community members to capture and record extreme high tide events on a global scale.

New tool forecasts high sea levels and potential flooding on Kwajalein Atoll

July 15, 2015
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System tool gives hourly updates of potential high sea levels and wave inundation for Kwajalein Atoll.

New tools forecast potential sea level flooding events

July 9, 2014
UH News

A team of physical oceanographers working with the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System has developed new tools to forecast potential inundation events.