The Ghost of Climate-Change Future
As record-breaking high tides overwhelm Hawaii, people are getting a preview of what life will be like in the decades to come.
The water is everywhere.
For the second time in a month, Hawaii’s coastlines have been swamped by epic tides. The phenomenon, known as a king tide, is actually a convergence of a few different factors: high lunar tides, rising sea levels associated with last year’s strong El Niño and climate change, swirling pockets of ocean eddies, and a robust south swell—that
