Oct. 30, 2018 – A new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change finds that if Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other technologies have been incorporated, it alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033. “Bitcoin is […]
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As sea level rises, much of Honolulu and Waikiki vulnerable to groundwater inundation
March 29, 2017 – New research from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM) reveals a large part of the heavily urbanized area of Honolulu and Waikiki, Hawai’i is at risk of groundwater inundation–flooding that occurs as groundwater is lifted above the ground surface due to sea level rise. Shellie Habel, lead author of the […]