Hawai‘i and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook – August 2018
The August 2018 edition summarizes climate events and impacts for May-June 2018 and gives the seasonal outlook for August-October 2018. [...]
El Niño
El Niño Fact Sheets for Hawai‘i and Pacific Island Countries
Individual El Niño events can vary in strength, duration, and impacts. This makes constant monitoring and awareness extremely important for decision makers [...]
2014-2016 El Niño Assessment Report: An Overview of the Impacts of the 2014-2016 El Niño on the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI)
Report Summary Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) region spans north to south from the Hawaiian Islands to American Samoa and [...]
Hawaiian Islands Climate Synthesis
Report Summary How do we synthesize the climate science we have, identify the vulnerabilities of local ecosystems to climate change, and develop [...]
CASE STUDY: Collaborating for Success: Sustaining Water Supply on a Pacific Island
Utu Abe Malae, Executive Director of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), understands the importance of responding to early forecasts for El Niño events. [...]
Facilitating Adaptation in Montane Plants to Changing Precipitation Along an Elevation Gradient
Summary Can moving montane plants higher help ecosystems adapt to climate change? This project aims to determine how the survival and growth of [...]
Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Native Plant Communities
Report Summary Where will sea level rise threaten native coastal plants and cultural assets? This project uses projections of sea‐level rise and [...]
PEAC’s Pacific ENSO Update
The Pacific ENSO Applications Climate (PEAC) Center publishes a quarterly bulletin about climate variability related to the El Niño Southern [...]
Climate Change Effects in Hawaiian High Elevation Ecosystems
Summary Can one of Hawai‘i’s most iconic and spectacular endangered plants, the Haleakalā silversword, adapt to climate change? This project [...]
Water levels and ENSO index during 2008 and 2011 inundation events
Figure 3-13 In mid-December 2008, the Marshall Islands experienced high seasonal spring (king) tides causing water levels to rise above the Mean [...]
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