" Everybody who lives here in Hawaii is an oceanographer.... We have to do something now." MORE: Human-induced climate change may affect 85% of the global population, researchers say Seawalls and sandbags have been used as temporary fixes to protect properties and coastlines.... The state has since provided upward of 230, according to a Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica report." We're really suffering erosion because of sea level rise, which is secondary to global warming," said John See