Preparing for La Niña
O'ahu's busy construction industry depends on being able to dispose of demolition and construction wastes. Forecasts for a developing La Niña—often accompanied by heavy rains in Hawai'i—alerted managers at the island's main construction landfill to their climate vulnerability.
Story Credit:
Adapted from Case Study 2: Using climate forecasts to save money and protect human health, in 2012 PIRCA Case Studies, part of the 2012 PIRCA Report, Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. https://pirca.org/2012/12/04/2012-pirca-case-studies/
Banner Image Credit:
Demolition of the Washington Post building, 2016. Photo by Victoria Pickering, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am
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