World Conservation Congress addresses effects of climate change

As the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress continued in Honolulu, officials focus on adapting to a changing climate.

“Climate models are predicting more El Niños in the future and they will be stronger,” said Dr. Chip Fletcher, SOEST Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Researchers say we need to re-envision life in the coastal zone.

“If you wage war with water, you will lose, and this tells us that we must yield and elevate,” said Fletcher. “We must give way to this water. There is nothing we can do to stop it at this point.”

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