{"id":60850,"date":"2017-05-26T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T02:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=60850"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:40:09","slug":"uh-king-tides-sea-level-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/26\/uh-king-tides-sea-level-research\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> at the forefront of king tides and sea-level rise research"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjvXXOCAfWY?showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Community groups and media have been relying on University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> researchers for their expertise in sea-level rise and the state&#8217;s record high tides. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> is also seeking the public&#8217;s help and involvement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr>UH<\/abbr> News story<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/sea-grant-king-tides\/\">Summer flooding expected after water levels break 112-year record<\/a><\/em>, May 19, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/ccsr.seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Sea Grant Center for Coastal and Climate Science and Resilience<\/a> (<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant CCSR), <a href=\"http:\/\/uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Sea Level Center<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacioos.hawaii.edu\/\">Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System<\/a> (PacIOOS) have been tracking high ocean water levels in the region, and are advising that the state likely will continue to experience unusually high tide levels through the summer, in part because of peak astronomic or &rdquo;king tides.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant <abbr title=\"Center for Coastal and Climate Science and Resilience\">CCSR<\/abbr> is asking residents to help document high water levels and related impacts through the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and Pacific Islands king tides &ldquo;citizen science&rdquo; project by submitting photos online. For more information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/PacificIslandsKingTides.org\">PacificIslandsKingTides.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Community members, businesses, and agencies also are encouraged to regularly check <abbr title=\"Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System\">PacIOOS<\/abbr>&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacioos.hawaii.edu\/shoreline-category\/runup\/\">six-day high sea level<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacioos.hawaii.edu\/shoreline-category\/runup\/\">wave run-up forecasts<\/a> to help increase preparedness and resiliency. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiisealevel.org\">hawaiisealevel.org<\/a> for more resources and information on how to get involved.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-soest-king-tides1.jpg\" alt=\"High water levels in Waikiki with Diamond Head in the background\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-soest-king-tides1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-soest-king-tides1-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public has the opportunity to get involved documenting high water levels and related impacts through the King Tides &ldquo;citizen science&rdquo; project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":60867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[1052,93,238,92,1175,9,438,56],"class_list":["post-60850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-center-for-coastal-and-climate-science-and-resilience","tag-climate-change","tag-pacific-islands-ocean-observing-system","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-tides","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-sea-grant","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-soest-king-tides-f.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60850"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124675,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60850\/revisions\/124675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}