In its first few meetings, Honolulu’s new Climate Change Commission has heard from a slew of city agency heads about the status of their respective agencies’ efforts to plan for climate change effects. Some agencies have gone further than others. … Continued
A new technical report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suggests that climate change-induced sea level rise over the course of this century, especially in Hawai`i, may be far worse than predicted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Continued
Two years ago, research by the University of Hawai`i’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) revealed that flooding from the combination of a one-meter rise in sea level and a hurricane or a tsunami could affect 80 … Continued
At a time when the bigeye tuna stock in the Western and Central Pacific is being overfished — and by some standards, is already in an overfished state — the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council last month asked the National … Continued
“Losing Ground,” your May article on the shoreline struggles facing DLNR, was, as always, very informative and straightforward. Certainly the issues tied to beach erosion and sea level rise are going to worsen with time. Indeed, your article provides evidence … Continued
Posted 08/29/2012 Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, says she is “girding [her] loincloth” and “sharpening [her] spears” in an effort to get the federal government to consult with a new group she’s helped to form. … Continued
Posted 07/23/2012 According to Kitty Simonds, one of the possible reasons for a decline in the abudance and size of nearshore fish in Hawai’i is … “Visitors feeding our fish food that they shouldn’t be feeding them.” And as for … Continued
What impact will global warming have on Hawai’i’s land-based plants and animals? Among those scientists who have looked into the subject, the consensus seems to be that global warming may be a final, irreversible insult to many of the Islands’ … Continued
When it comes to environmental issues addressed by the 2013 Legislature, repeal of the Public Land Development Corporation grabbed headlines. That agency, established by the Legislature just two short years ago and signed into law as Act 55 of the … Continued
“I don’t mean to scare anybody,” Andrew Pierce said after he had probably done exactly that. Pierce’s new research, which he shared at July’s Hawai`i Conservation Conference in Waikiki, suggests that climate change has resulted in fires now that can … Continued