HONOLULU – The Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (CCMAC) has launched an updated version of the State of Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer, an online tool giving communities and local officials clearer insight into the growing threats facing our coastlines.

Hawaii is projected to experience four feet of sea level rise, up from 3.2, by the end of the century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says sea level rise will continue for thousands of years, even with drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

The viewer was developed through partnership between the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS); the Coastal Research Collaborative at the University of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program; along with CCMAC, DLNR

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