According to the University of Hawaii’s Honolulu Climate Change Commission, Oahu is the most at risk from sea-level rise compared to all other Hawaiian islands. By the middle of the century, a report assembled by the commission warned that regular high tide flooding with 3.2ft of local sea-level rise would put 18 miles of coastal road and 4000 settlements at risk (Westfall, 2018).
Ben Capuano, “Geology and Humanity of Oahu,” College of the Atlantic, accessed November 21, 2024, https://coa.digitalarchive.us/items/show/1076.Item 2050
