News tagged with hawaii
Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale
(AP) -- Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope.
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking
(AP) -- Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Hawaii planning to replenish sand at Waikiki Beach
(AP) -- Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach.
Nov 14, 2009 |
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Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm
(AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Mini-Comets within a comet lit up 17P/Holmes during megaoutburst
Astronomers from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Hawaii have discovered multiple fragments ejected during the largest cometary outburst ever witnessed. Images and animations ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Fallout from nuclear tests leads to health crisis
(AP) -- Pius Henry fears his adopted government will kill him, that the United States won't live up to a health care obligation to people from Pacific islands where it tested nuclear bombs.
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines
(AP) -- Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving ...
Aug 02, 2009 |
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Bent tectonics: How Hawaii was bumped off
More than 80 undersea volcanoes and a multitude of islands are dotted along the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain like pearls on a necklace. A sharp bend in the middle is the only blemish. The long-standing explanation for this ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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