{"id":985,"date":"2011-10-22T00:27:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=985"},"modified":"2021-06-07T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T23:54:12","slug":"rainfall-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/10\/22\/rainfall-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists project rainfall changes for next 30 years"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Koolau-sunset-from-WCC11.jpg\" alt=\"Evening sun on Koolau mountain\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1025\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new study by University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> scientists could help local policymakers and agencies that deal with severe weather, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/15682423\/uh-scientists-project-rainfall-changes-for-next-30-years\"><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/em><\/a> reported. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/a> researchers spent nearly two years putting together the long-term projection on heavy rainfall and flash floods.<\/p>\n<p>Their study was published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/journals\/jgr\/\"><em>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em><\/a>. Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=4710\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent news coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Maui News<\/em>, 10\/21\/11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauinews.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/554563\/Picky-Preschoolers.html?nav=10\">&ldquo;Picky Preschoolers&rdquo;<\/a> &#8211; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College&#8217;s Agriculture Department welcomes Kamehameha Schools&rsquo; preschoolers for pumpkin picking.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>Pacific Business News<\/em>, 10\/21\/11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/print-edition\/2011\/10\/21\/uh-west-oahu-program-takes-insurance.html\">&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> program takes insurance into the classroom&rdquo;<\/a> (subscription required)&#8212;A new certificate program in risk management and insurance at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> provides training in risk management and personal and commercial insurance.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>ABC News<\/em>, 10\/20\/11: &ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> astronomer captures image of forming planet&rdquo;&#8212;Using the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> astronomer <strong>Adam Kraus<\/strong> and colleagues captured the first direct image of a planet being formed. Also in <em><abbr>CBS<\/abbr> News<\/em>, <em>The Christian Science Monitor<\/em>, <em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/em>, <abbr>KHON<\/abbr>, <em>Maui News<\/em> and <em>New York Daily News<\/em> or see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/10\/20\/planet-forming\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System News post<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/em>, 10\/20\/11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/15744357\/bike-uh-manoa-day-rolls-onto-campus\">&ldquo;Bike <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Day rolls onto campus&rdquo;<\/a>&#8212;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa held it&#8217;s inaugural Bike <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Day to encourage people to bike to school as part of a comprehensive plan to make commuting to class easier and greener. Also on <abbr>KITV<\/abbr><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>, 10\/18\/11: &ldquo;<abbr title=\"Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation\">APEC<\/abbr> Climate Symposium attracts scientists, activists&rdquo; (subscription required)&#8212;More than 50 scientists from Pacific nations gathered at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa this week to present research findings and discuss climate change issues while anti-<abbr>APEC<\/abbr> protestors gathered outside. Also in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/15716628\/apec-protests-begin-at-global-warming-meeting\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/a><\/em>, <em>Honolulu Civil Beat<\/em>, <abbr>KHON<\/abbr>, <abbr>KITV<\/abbr><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>Pacific Business News<\/em>, 10\/17\/11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/news\/2011\/10\/17\/university-of-hawaii-law-school-ranks.html\">&ldquo;University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> law school ranks high in Princeton Review rankings&rdquo;<\/a>&#8212;The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa William S. Richardson School of Law has the &ldquo;best environment for minority students&rdquo; among U.S. law schools according to <em>The Princeton Review<\/em>&#8217;s annual ratings of the top law schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> scientists&#8217; rainfall projections and other research and activities at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses as covered in local and national news outlets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,24],"tags":[34,98,35,94,92,9,60,59,68],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-uh-in-the-news","tag-astronomy","tag-climate","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-international-pacific-research-center","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","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=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143212,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions\/143212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}