Surveying Lehua Island’s Rat Population
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife has partnered with the conservation non-profit Island Conservation and a group of interested stakeholders to study...
View ArticleUH Researchers ID New Invasive Butterfly
University of Hawai‘i researchers are saying Hawai‘i has “dodged a bullet” after a “probably harmless” species of butterfly has spread throughout the archipelago since it was first noticed in December...
View ArticleExtreme Pacific Sea Level Events to Double
Many tropical Pacific island nations are struggling to adapt to gradual sea level rise stemming from warming oceans and melting ice caps. Now they may also see much more frequent extreme interannual...
View ArticleNWHI Expedition Finds Highest Rates of Unique Marine Species
Scientists returned last week from a 28-day research expedition aboard NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai exploring the deep coral reefs within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian...
View ArticleCoral Can’t Take the Heat Either
By Ruby Pap In keeping with the temperature theme of my last column, I am sorry to report our ocean life is also being greatly impacted by this summer’s heat. As predicted by the National Oceanic and...
View ArticleKountry Style Kitchen — See What’s New
Story by Anni Caporuscio Photos by Steven Meredith We all know Kountry Kitchen. It’s an Eastside Kaua‘i restaurant, favorite for comfort food and good, honest grinds. With two glorious menu pages of...
View ArticleHawai‘i’s First Orbital Launch Carrying UH Satellite Fails
The first launch in Hawai‘i of an orbital rocket, a 55-foot Super Strypi, has failed, as confirmed by the U.S. Air Force Tuesday evening. The U.S. Navy along with U.S. Air Force’s Operationally...
View ArticleHawaiian Petrels Moved to New Colony at Kilauea Point Refuge (w/ video)
A project more than 30 years in the making took place on Kaua‘i’s North Shore Monday. Ten downy endangered Hawaiian Petrel chicks were flown by helicopter from their montane nesting area in the Na...
View Article‘Alula on the Brink — Saving the Rarest of Rare
The “Balance of Nature” lecture series continues Tuesday, Nov. 10, with the free public talk ‘Alula on the Brink: Saving the Rarest of Rare by Seana Walsh, Conservation Biologist at the National...
View ArticleUH: Rapidly Acidifying Waters a Major Threat for Southern Ocean (w/ video)
As a result of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, the chemistry of the Southern Ocean is expected to change so fast over the next few decades that tiny creatures at the base of the...
View ArticleEl Niño’s Gifts to Kaua‘i: Hurricanes, Giant Surf
By Ruby Pap Whoa, this certainly has been a nail-biting few months climate-wise, hasn’t it? With Hurricane Olaf (hopefully) veering to the northeast of us (at least at press time), that’s a record...
View ArticleSea Shepherd Vows to Fight Japan’s Renewed Whale Hunt
As Japan’s whaling fleet left Dec. 1 to resume killing whales in the Antarctic Ocean, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vowed to continue its fight to save whales from the slaughter. Last March, the...
View ArticleHI Supreme Court Invalidates Thirty Meter Telescope Permit
The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court issued an opinion Wednesday vacating the state Board of Land and Natural Resources Conservation District Use Permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope and the 2014 Circuit Court...
View ArticleDLNR Asking for Help During Laysan Albatross Breeding Season
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is reminding Kaua‘i residents that Laysan albatross breeding season on Kaua‘i is from November through July. DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife...
View Article‘Tis the Season to Support COP 21 Address Climate Change
By Ruby Pap Extreme storms, sea level rise, record breaking heat, ocean acidification; these are just a few of the impacts we are already seeing from global warming and climate change. The United...
View ArticleLa Nina Not Helping Hawai‘i’s Rainfall, Groundwater
Historically, when El Niño events occur, Hawai‘i has experienced nearly six months of drought, from November to April., Conversely, during La Niña events rainfall has been greater than normal —...
View ArticleUH Bioacoustics Lab Helping to Revolutionize Ecology Field
Researchers at the bioacoustics lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo are quickly making great strides in advancing the field of ecology. The lab was established last year by Patrick Hart, professor...
View ArticleUH Clinical Trial Could Lead to Bladder Cancer Drug
A bladder cancer drug tested in a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center clinical trial gets closer to Food and Drug Administration approval. The new drug, an interleukin 15 superagonist complex...
View ArticleUH Launches ‘Hawaiʻi to Zero’ Campaign to End HIV in Hawai‘i
Timothy Ray Brown, the only known person ever cured of HIV, is helping the Hawai‘i Center for AIDS at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa‘s Kaka‘ako campus launch a multimillion-dollar effort to help the...
View ArticleHundreds of Thousands of ‘Ohi‘a Trees Killed by Mysterious Disease (w/ video)
Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death, a mysterious disease, has already killed hundreds of thousands of Hawaii’s iconic and native ‘ohi‘a, the backbone of Hawaii’s native forests and watersheds, according to the state...
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