HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - University of Hawaii researchers are warning that by the year 2050, heavy rain combined with sea level rise could cause up to 70% of Waikiki’s storm drainage system to fail.

The Ala Wai Flood Mitigation Plan for Ala Wai Canal, above, is stalled due to rising costs. A recent study states that contaminated water from the canal could back up through storm drains and into the ...

How do you picture Chicago in 2050? Voices from around the city will explore what Chicago could and should look like in 2050 in a series of essays. These pieces will publish each Sunday through May 10 ...

Predicting the future isn't easy. Back in 2000, who would have thought that by 2025 the Pawtucket Red Sox would no longer exist, or Rhode Island's first female governor would be telling people to ...

Researchers estimate that between 2011–2020, wildfire smoke exposure contributed to about 41,380 extra deaths per year across the U.S. Under a “business-as-usual” warming scenario, annual excess ...

A British government-commissioned review has found that resistance to antibiotics could account for 10 million deaths a year and hit global gross domestic product by 2.0 to 3.5 percent by 2050. The ...

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