Sea level rise (SLR) is projected to impact approximately one billion people by 2100. For
many coastal communities, retreat is the most viable long-term option due to exposure risk …

ABSTRACT The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) is the most comprehensive
report to date assessing climate change science, impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United …

Purpose This paper aims to address a gap in investigating specific impacts of climate
change on mental health in the Pacific region, a region prone to extreme events. This paper …

Drought is a prominent feature of Hawaiʻi's climate. However, it has been over 30 years
since the last comprehensive meteorological drought analysis, and recent drying trends …

Abstract Study region Oceania, South Pacific, Polynesia. Study Focus Changing climates
have the potential to significantly impact global water resources availability. On many …

Forests across the US and US affiliated islands of the Caribbean and Pacific constitute rich
and dynamic social-ecological systems that, while heterogeneous in many ways, share …

Abstract The Hawaiian Islands have some of the most spatially diverse rainfall patterns on
earth, affected by prevailing trade winds, midlatitude disturbances, tropical cyclones, and …

Abstract Executive Order No. 14008 mandated that US federal agencies and departments
develop Climate Change Adaptation Plans to enhance the nation's resilience to climate …

Abstract Tropical Pacific Islands face unknown rates of future warming due to increased
greenhouse gas emissions, but almost certain changing climate stresses. Continued global …

This project developed an integrated land cover/hydrological modeling framework using
remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) data, stakeholder input, climate …