Tag: Hawaii
More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil...
Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high...
Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s...
Gabi Laske, University of California, San Diego
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains...
Native Americans’ decades long struggle for control over sacred lands is...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans?
Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life
Hannah Hunter, Queen's University, Ontario
When people think of extinct animals, they may picture taxidermy, skeletons, 19th-century illustrations or...
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and...
Emily Johnson, US Geological Survey
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
What’s the record for how long it’s ever rained without stopping?
Lynn McMurdie, University of Washington and Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik, Washington State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
Who owns the beach? It depends on state law and tide...
Thomas Ankersen, University of Florida
As Americans flock to beaches this summer, their toes are sinking into some of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
