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Lessons from the Galapagos

Coastal, social and ecological vulnerability – lessons from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador During her postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for Galapagos Studies at the University of North Carolina, Pacific RISA Fellow Dr. Laura Brewington conducted field research in… Read More

Congressional Briefing

Congressional briefing by Pacific RISA on Capitol Hill Drs. Melissa Finucane and Victoria Keener were a part of a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill, Washington DC yesterday where the topic of the day were the impacts of climate… Read More

Social Network Analysis

Pacific RISA’s Network Analysis at the 2013 American Psychological Association Convention The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest professional and scientific organization of psychologists in the United States made up of more than 134,000 members. The most… Read More

Extreme Events in the RMI

Coastal inundation in the Marshall Islands forebodes the future of extreme events On Tuesday, waves inundated the southern part of Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), flooding homes and causing extensive damage to… Read More

Information Sharing in the Pacific

Can Network Analysis Strengthen Information Sharing in the Pacific? Pacific RISA recently launched a multi-year social network analysis project to examine how climate information spreads across different sectors and countries in the Pacific Islands region. Using the December… Read More

Drought in the RMI

Severe Drought Affects the Northern Atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands A persistent drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has reached a severe level, affecting 8,000 to 10,000 people of the northern atolls…. Read More

Less Rainfall for Hawai‘i

UH Mānoa climate research:  less rainfall expected for Hawai‘i The latest Hawai‘i rainfall study, published March 13 in an early online issue of Journal of Geophysical Research, supports the findings of earlier research at the University of Hawai‘i… Read More

Pacific Islands Drought Monitoring

The capacities and challenges for drought monitoring in the Pacific Islands Pacific RISA Research Fellow Dr. Kati Corlew recently returned from the 2013 US Drought Monitor Forum, held this year April 16-18 in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Dr…. Read More

Psychology of Climate Change

Psychology of climate change: social instability Pacific RISA Research Fellow Dr. Kati Corlew contributed an article about climate change and social instability to the Community Psychology Practice blog last month, and we are pleased to share it with you… Read More

Climate Change in Hawai‘i

“Does more need to be done about climate change in Hawai‘i?” Dr. John Marra, Regional Climate Services Director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shared his perspectives in response to this central question in a video interview… Read More