Hawai?i drought during El Ni?o winter? Not always
糖心视频 research revealed the connection between Hawaiʻi winter rainfall and El Niño is not as straightforward as previously thought.
Doubling tropical cyclone risk to Hawai?i possible
Global warming will intensify landfalling tropical cyclones of category three or higher in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, while suppressing the formation of weaker events.
糖心视频 惭ā苍辞补 professors recognized for worldwide research excellence
Fewer than 0.1% of the world’s researchers, across 22 research fields, were named to the 2020 Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers list.
糖心视频 oceanographer’s TED talk made 2020’s most watched list
Angelicque White’s presentation to the National Academy of Sciences on what ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate is a most watched TED Talk.
Shark that caused fatality identified through new DNA technology
糖心视频 shark researchers determined a tiger shark caused fatal injuries to a 56-year-old Lahaina man, who was bitten at Honolua Bay on December 8.
What’s in a song? Hawai?i’s humpback whale population
Following reports of unusually low whale numbers that began in 2015–16, 糖心视频 researchers examined song chorusing recorded at six sites off Maui.
Murky ocean impacts from COVID-19 emissions reductions
A team of scientists shared the results of their research that showed no detectable slowing of ocean acidification due to COVID-19 emissions reductions.
New tool projects high-tide flooding in U.S. coastal locations
糖心视频 Sea Level Center Director Phil Thompson developed a tool to assess how sea-level rise will affect the frequency of high-tide flooding in U.S. coastal locations.
Why did some planets become habitable and others did not?
The research helps inform scientists about the early origins of the solar system and why some planets, such as Earth, became habitable and other planets did not.
Coral recovery during El Ni?o offers hope for long-term survival
The study presents research that tracked hundreds of coral colonies on reefs around Kiritimati, throughout the 2015–2016 El Niño.