Hawaii

Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokesperson Shayne Enright told The Associated Press that the department has taken in burn patients from Maui but can’t confirm the number.

In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaii from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new island hundreds of miles away.

Hawaii's Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater on Thursday, January 5, 2023, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava.

The world's largest volcano oozed rivers of glowing lava on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, drawing thousands of awestruck viewers who jammed a Hawaii highway that could soon be covered by the flow.

Researchers say yellowfin and bigeye tuna catches are on the rise outside a 1.5-million-square-kilometre marine protected area, proving the value of a no-catch zone.

The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July, and the AES Corporation coal plant closed Thursday after 30 years in operation. The facility produced up to one-fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in a state of nearly 1.5 million people.

The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world's largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaii and Spain's Canary Islands.

Firefighters have gotten more control over a wildfire in Hawaii that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island, but officials warned strong winds Monday could raise the danger again.

With demand for dozens of metals surging worldwide, companies are racing to develop machines capable of digging up the seabed hundreds of miles offshore.

“With climate change and sea-level rise impacts, we just need to get away from hardening our shorelines or we’re gonna end up without any beaches,” said Hawaii state Sen. Mike Gabbard. “And what’s Hawaii without any beaches?”

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