Hawai’i land impacted by sea level rise may be double previous estimates

By including models of dynamical physical processes such as erosion and wave run-up, a team of researchers from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) and the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) determined that land area in Hawai’i vulnerable to future sea level rise may be double previous estimates. The study was published today in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports.