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Hawaii

August 2024

  • an aerial view of burned out buildings as the sun glows

    Through the roof
    Arsenic and old sugarcane: cleaning up Hawaii in the fallout from wildfires

    When canec, Hawaii’s building material, is damaged, it can release toxic dust like asbestos – requiring special cleanup
  • A man who is Wally Amos smiles at the camera while wearing a watermelon hat, a white button down shirt with colorful embroidery and a colorful bead necklace

    Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88

    After opening his Famous Amos bakery in 1975, the entrepreneur and literary advocate built a cookie empire
    • America's dirty divide
      For Maui wildfire survivors who moved to Las Vegas, another climate disaster awaits: extreme heat

    • Maui celebrates recovery of 151-year-old banyan tree after 2023 wildfire damage

    • Lawsuit over deadly Maui wildfires in 2023 settled for $4bn

July 2024

  • a road

    Firefighters contain wildfire threatening 200 homes on Hawaiian island of Kauai

  • This image provided by the Hawaii Police Department shows two grenades

    Japanese man arrested at Hawaii airport for allegedly carrying inert grenades in luggage

June 2024

  • Tamayo Perry in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

    Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry dies in shark attack

  • A small red bird on a branch with yellow flowers

    The age of extinction
    Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

  • People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 19 August 2023.

    Big oil uncovered
    Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii

  • A sea otter with a purple sea urchin surrounded by water

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Save our seas: five ways to rewild and conserve the ocean

  • Aerial pictures show Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupting – video

  • Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, erupts

May 2024

  • A person making a hand gesture with the thumb and little finger extended and curling down the middle three fingers.

    Talk to the hand: Hawaii makes shaka state’s official gesture

  • The Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility

    Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere

  • Signs asking people to respect locals and that 'Lahaina is not for sale' are seen on the side of the Lahaina Bypass, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

    Hawaii to limit vacation rentals in response to tight housing market

  • Woman in peach dress wipes away tear at home

    Hawaii families complain of sickness nearly three years after Pearl Harbor fuel leak

April 2024

  • Dr. Noa Lincoln with native Hawaiian sugarcane on the campus of the University of Hawai'i at HIlo. Undergraduate student Quinn Leggett is studying tropical ag plant production and management.

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    Hawaiian scientist’s quest to find and save the state’s distinctive sugarcanes

    Sugarcane biodiversity disappeared as big plantations dominated the sugar trade in Hawaii, but now old varieties are making a comeback
  • Long row of laminated color photos of people, attached to a fence with white crosses and colorful ribbons, with sun peeking through clouds beyond mountain behind it.

    Multiple communications failures hurt emergency response to Maui wildfires – report

    Hawaii attorney general releases report day after fire chiefs detail challenges faced by first responders during blazes that killed 101 people
  • Hordes of tiny ocean creatures called Velella velella litter the beach

    Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches

    Masses of ephemeral organisms known as ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up in a ‘blue tide’ on the west coast most years but warmer winter seas could be increasingly their numbers
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