Hawaii's Bounding Main Marking Rising Map

The islands of Hawai'i are peculiarly vulnerable to body of body of water marking rise. It is believed that 6,500 structures as well as 19,800 people inwards Hawai'i could endure exposed to chronic flooding inside the side yesteryear side lx years. The Hawai'i Sea Level Rise Viewer has been released to demo which areas of the dry reason volition endure nearly affected yesteryear rising body of body of water levels.

The map allows users to come across which areas could endure exposed to coastal hazards from body of body of water marking rise, modelling the number of passive flooding (still H2O high tide flooding), annual high moving ridge flooding (over launder during the largest moving ridge events of the year), as well as coastal erosion. The map models body of body of water marking ascension for 4 dissimilar body of body of water marking ascension scenarios (these are body of body of water marking rises of 0.5 ft, 1.1 ft, 2 ft or 3.2 ft).

The Sea Level Viewer every bit good includes 2 layers which model the economical loss that could final result from rising seas as well as the possible impact of flooded highways. 38 miles of coastal roads inwards the dry reason are vulnerable to rising body of body of water marking rises. If these transcend chronically flooded as well as impassible thence access to many communities would transcend much to a greater extent than difficult. The economical loss layer visualizes the possible toll from dry reason as well as structures beingness flooded inwards the mapped area.

The Hawai'i Sea Level Rise Viewer uses global body of body of water marking ascension projections from the UN. This model predicts seas could ascension yesteryear every bit much every bit 3.2 feet yesteryear the twelvemonth 2100. More recent models propose that a ascension of iii feet or to a greater extent than could travel on every bit early on every bit 2060.