Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment

THE source of news about science and the environment as they relate to the Hawaiian Islands, hosted by veteran science reporter Jan TenBruggencate. Issues covered include archaeology, astronomy, botany, climate science, conservation, efficient transportation, geology, marine sciences, sustainability and zoology, with occasional forays into other areas, including traditional navigation and canoe voyaging.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Hawaiian hawk healthy enough to remove federal protection?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the public discussion of whether the regal Hawaiian hawk, `io, should be removed from t...

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Increasing chance of El Nino and drought later this year

Enjoy the rain in Hawai`i the last couple of months, because there’s some evidence that later this year we could face the opposite: unu...

Saturday, February 8, 2014

World's oldest wild bird produces chick, in Hawai`i.

With the Olympics going on in Russia, it’s not clear why the local media haven’t picked up on perhaps the most amazing athletic performance...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Sustainable forest harvesting: shades of gray

Life doesn’t operate in black and white. If we’re honest, we admit that the things we like have negative impacts, and the things we...

Monday, February 3, 2014

Life from space: UH researchers

The stuff of life is blowing in the interplanetary winds. A remarkable paper by University of Hawai`i researchers and others has be...

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