Hawaii would be a rather uncomfortable place to live by the end of this century. The number of tropical storms striking the archipelago, which is the strip of water containing the islands that make up Hawaii, is expected to rise in the Pacific. When climate change increases significantly, researchers from Japan, China and Hawaii have calculated an increase in the number of cyclones reaching the shores. On average an extra one or two cyclones per year are projected to affect Hawaii, as opposed to previous years when surface temperature as a whole was a few degrees cooler. “Significant and robust changes in large-scale environmental conditions strengthen in situ (the original place) tropical cyclone activity in the subtropical central Pacific.
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This process transfers energy from the ocean into the atmosphere. When the winds arrive at the disturbance, they rise up and release that energy into the air... This warms the air and makes it buoyant…” much like a hot air balloon’s envelope filling up and expanding. (Unkown) On the one hand, climate change is expected to make water warmer, giving more storms more energy. On the other hand, an increase of heavy winds will weigh down a storm resulting in dissipation of said storm. Therefore, more tropical storms in number are not likely, but more violent tropical storms and their affects will be felt on a larger scale as their paths begin to traverse more frequently in the direction of Hawaii. In addition to an increase in higher felt storms, Hurley on Skift.com projects “fewer cooling tradewinds, drought, fewer waterfalls and forest streams” with an intensification of global warming. Humans can correlate much of the observed and predicted changes with the emission of greenhouse gases. The climate change is manifested on earth both in long-term climate change with slowly rising average temperatures, and more frequent extreme weather events such as storms, droughts or heated …show more content…
Volcanoes National Park offers a unique, close up look at an active volcano and the landscape produced by previous eruptions. Fewer visitors would result in a less rigorous upkeep schedule, depleting employment levels. Another national park dedicated to the area of Haleakala is located on the island of Maui. This park entertains a beautiful overview of the entire island but particularly the sunrise when hiked up to the summit’s stretch. Fewer visitors may ultimately result in fewer local tour guides being retained in employment. Lastly, the Polynesian Cultural Center “portrays the culture and daily life of the Polynesian islanders in Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji as well as that of the Maoris in New Zealand.” (Law) Possibly a diminished visitation rate would affect the Polynesians dedication to present their culture which may lead it to become unobserved and
This process transfers energy from the ocean into the atmosphere. When the winds arrive at the disturbance, they rise up and release that energy into the air... This warms the air and makes it buoyant…” much like a hot air balloon’s envelope filling up and expanding. (Unkown) On the one hand, climate change is expected to make water warmer, giving more storms more energy. On the other hand, an increase of heavy winds will weigh down a storm resulting in dissipation of said storm. Therefore, more tropical storms in number are not likely, but more violent tropical storms and their affects will be felt on a larger scale as their paths begin to traverse more frequently in the direction of Hawaii. In addition to an increase in higher felt storms, Hurley on Skift.com projects “fewer cooling tradewinds, drought, fewer waterfalls and forest streams” with an intensification of global warming. Humans can correlate much of the observed and predicted changes with the emission of greenhouse gases. The climate change is manifested on earth both in long-term climate change with slowly rising average temperatures, and more frequent extreme weather events such as storms, droughts or heated …show more content…
Volcanoes National Park offers a unique, close up look at an active volcano and the landscape produced by previous eruptions. Fewer visitors would result in a less rigorous upkeep schedule, depleting employment levels. Another national park dedicated to the area of Haleakala is located on the island of Maui. This park entertains a beautiful overview of the entire island but particularly the sunrise when hiked up to the summit’s stretch. Fewer visitors may ultimately result in fewer local tour guides being retained in employment. Lastly, the Polynesian Cultural Center “portrays the culture and daily life of the Polynesian islanders in Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji as well as that of the Maoris in New Zealand.” (Law) Possibly a diminished visitation rate would affect the Polynesians dedication to present their culture which may lead it to become unobserved and