by Beth Holmes | Nov 20, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Scientists on Hawaii’s Coconut Island are on a mission to cultivate super corals capable of withstanding the increasingly hot and acidic oceans associated with global warming. This innovative initiative arises as researchers worldwide express concerns about the...
by Beth Holmes | May 1, 2023 | Business, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Oil company appeals are being turned away by the Supreme Court, allowing lawsuits to proceed against energy companies that may be contributing to climate change. Five cases are involved, of lawsuits brought by cities and municipalities in Colorado, Maryland,...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 13, 2023 | Business, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
A sperm whale has been found dead on a beach in Hawaii, its body full of hundreds of pounds of ingested plastic waste. Saturday, January 28th, a 56-foot sperm whale was found deceased on a reef of Kauai. Scientists, who rarely get to study the deep ocean predators,...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | Environmental hazards, Resources, Sustainability
Contaminated groundwater puts thousands at risk as the U.S. Navy refuses to cease operations at a perpetually leaking fuel storage facility on water-poor Oahu. The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility was built in the middle of WW2, inside the ridge of a dead volcano...
by Beth Holmes | May 31, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Ghost nets haunt the Hawaiian shores, a seemingly insurmountable problem, but researchers from Hawaii Pacific University are taking a close look at where they came from. The Hawaiian islands lie between two massive repositories of floating waste – the Great Pacific...
