1. On April 15, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s office announced that they had to change the venue for their upcoming April 20 Maui Town Hall meeting to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater (it still runs from 7:30-9pm) because so many people had already RSVP’d. How many residents indicated they would go? A. 100 […]
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New coral reef fish named after President Barack Obama
A new species of coral reef fish has been named after President Barack Obama. The fish, whose scientific name is Tosanoides obama, was discovered during a June 2016 NOAA research expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Scientists from the Bishop Museum, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the […]
Quizunderstood: How well do you know marine debris in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands?
1. From April 12 to May 13, a team of NOAA scientists removed 12 tons of marine debris from the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. According to a May 20 NOAA news release, how many plastic beverage bottles were in that haul? A. 692 B. 834 C. 1,033 D. 1,295 E. […]