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Schatz, Marshall introduce legislation to improve extreme weather forecasts
US Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced a bill to strengthen the collection of weather and soil moisture data, improving the accuracy of extreme weather warnings and agriculture forecasts.
Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $23M to remove marine debris across 10 coastal states
The Department of Commerce and NOAA recommended more than $23 million in funding to support marine debris removal and interception efforts for 13 multi-year projects across 10 coastal US states, three territories and the District of Columbia. This funding is provided by NOAA’s Climate-Ready Coasts initiative under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
Schatz measures advance to improve fire weather forecasts and promote use of AI to predict extreme weather
The Lahaina wildfire highlighted the dangers that remote communities face from fire, and the need for forecasts and warning services to reach them in a timely and actionable way. Schatz’s provision would mandate fire weather forecasts and warnings be disseminated to remote, isolated, or rural communities as effectively as anywhere else in the country.
Schatz joins colleagues in introducing bill to promote use of AI to predict, respond to extreme weather
The bill would direct key federal agencies to use AI tools to improve weather forecasting, crack down on illegal deforestation and optimize electrical grids.
Maui sustainability program gets $300K in USDA funding for project in wake of Maui wildfires
The Puʻuhonua Kauluwehi project will collaboratively establish a network of biocultural refuges supporting the cultivation of native plants to accelerate landscape-scale ecological restoration, food security, and community well-being strategies.
UH Study: Normal will continue to be drier and drier, with more extreme wet weather events
The results of a recent study show that many regions are projected to be in permanent drought or pluvial conditions by the end of the 21st century.
UH Mānoa Study Projects Increased High-Tide Flooding for Most US Coastlines
Multiple United States coastal regions may see rapid increases in the number of high-tide flooding days in the mid-2030s, according to a study led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and published in Nature Climate Change.
$4.26 Million to Improve Hawai‘i Monitoring of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Weather Events
The funds will be used to deploy more ocean sensors to observe and monitor sea levels, tides, currents, waves, and temperatures. The data collected is aimed at improving forecasts of severe weather events—like king tides and hurricanes.
