Sea Level Rise Could Cause Flooding From Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor

By /
UH researchers say rising sea levels could prompt groundwater to cause flooding.

KITV has this report: 

Due to climate change, University of Hawaii researchers Kolja Rotzoll and Chip Fletcher say sea levels have been slowly increasing around the world.

According to the UH study, the sea could rise a foot by the year 2050 and three feet by the end of the century . UH scientists say this increase in ocean water, could cause coastal flooding and cause the groundwater to rise at the same time.

“The freshwater body is less dense than the salt water and it floats on the salt water but as soon the sea level rises, the freshwater level will rise as well,” said UH researcher Kolja Rotzoll.

Read the full story.

What it means to support Civil Beat.

Supporting Civil Beat means you’re investing in a newsroom that can devote months to investigate corruption. It means we can cover vulnerable, overlooked communities because those stories matter. And, it means we serve you. And only you.

Donate today and help sustain the kind of journalism Hawaiʻi cannot afford to lose.

Donate

About the Author