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Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai’i

Hawai’i Sea Grant

Describes Hawai‘i’s water resources, identifies troubling trends (i.e., declining rainfall, reduced stream flow, increasing temperature, and rising sea level), and provides 12 potential adaptive tools for adaptive management of those water resources.

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