East-West Center gets grants to track climate information

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 26, 2012

~~<p>The East-West Center was awarded $173,000 to study how key climate information spreads across areas and countries in the Pacific islands.</p>
<p>With $148,000 in funding from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and $25,000 from the Department of Interior's Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, researchers will use the recently released Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment report as a springboard for collecting data to analyze the flow of climate and fresh-water information in Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, the East-West Center said in a news release.</p>
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The East-West Center was awarded $173,000 to study how key climate information spreads across areas and countries in the Pacific islands.

With $148,000 in funding from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and $25,000 from the Department of Interior's Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, researchers will use the recently released Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment report as a springboard for collecting data to analyze the flow of climate and fresh-water information in Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, the East-West Center said in a news release. Login for more...