HonoluluSingle-hazard models miss 85% to 100% of Oʻahu’s threatened infrastructure.

At 0.9 to 1.2 metres of rise, affected buildings and residents roughly double, to 11,100 and 58,100.

University of Hawaiʻi researchers added shoreline erosion and high-wave models to traditional rising-water models.

“Waves and erosion are already damaging homes, roads and wastewater systems,” said Chip Fletcher, the study’s senior author.

The study projects the tipping point arrives between 2073 and 2102, depending on global emissions.

How each outlet framed it
Phys.org
shows single-hazard sea-level models miss up to two-thirds of threatened land and 85–100% of critical infrastructure on Oʻahu

Sources: Phys.org