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Maui Forest Birds Critically Threatened

August 15, 2019 by Suzanne Kayian Leave a Comment

A new interagency monitoring report on Hawaiian forest birds indicates that remaining populations of at least two native endemic species of Maui forest birds are in rapid decline. The surveys conducted in the report were the largest and most comprehensive interagency effort to research East Maui native forest birds since 1980. The research – conducted […]

University of Hawaii researchers say sea-level rise will harm low-lying islands far earlier than previously thought

April 27, 2018 by Anthony Pignataro Leave a Comment

People who live on low-lying atolls in the Pacific like Roi-Namur in the Republic of the Marshall Islands may have to evacuate due to rising sea level in as little as 12 years, according to a new study by researchers from the USGS, NOAA and the University of Hawai‘i’s International Pacific Research Center. The paper […]

USGS: Climate Change may make many atolls ‘uninhabitable’ in coming decades

October 1, 2015 by Anthony Pignataro Leave a Comment

Here’s more lousy news on the climate change front (you Republicans out there can just hum softly through this or go make yourselves sandwiches or something). According to an Oct. 1 news release from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the half a million people living on atolls around the world are screwed. “A new study shows that […]

USGS Study Says Climate Change Is Endangering Hawaii’s Native Birds

July 20, 2015 by Jade Boren Leave a Comment

The birds of Hawaii have their own horror movie, and it’s called The Mosquitoes. Instead of Alfred Hitchcock as the one behind this force of terror, it’s climate change (but that’s the reason for most of our problems today). Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison released a study in […]

This Thursday, Oct. 2: Viewpoints Gallery Hosts Dr. Art Medeiros

September 26, 2014 by Anthony Pignataro Leave a Comment

In conjunction with its annual Malama Wao Akua (caring for the Realm of the Gods) art exhibit, which celebrates species native to Maui Nui, Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao is hosting USGS research biologist Dr. Art Medeiros at its next Talk Story Thursday. Medeiros has spent more than three decades studying Maui and Hawaii ecosystems, so he […]

3.9 Earthquake Hits Hawaii: Did You Feel It?

October 29, 2010 by Jacob Shafer 2 Comments

According to the USGS — and publisher Tommy Russo, who was in my office and asked “did you feel that?” — a 3.9-magnitude quake hit Hawaii at 3:09pm. The epicenter was off the Big Island. Go here for more info, or to report if you, like Russo, felt it. (I guess for my coffee-addled brain, […]

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