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Senate Bill 2972 states that warmer seas and fewer trade winds make Hawaiʻi more vulnerable to strong hurricanes. No public buildings in the state are currently designed to withstand a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 157 mph or higher.
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With our planet experiencing historically hot temperatures in recent years, the idea is becoming more and more plausible. Istvan Szapudi from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy published an article last summer about his idea for a sun shield.
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A salt patch on the island of Kauaʻi is one of the last remaining in all of Hawaiʻi. Salt makers from 22 Native Hawaiian families gather here in the summer months to do the hard work of making paʻakai, or Hawaiian salt.
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The goal of the class is to foster a deep understanding of sustainability goals at both the island and state levels, as well as shape a more eco-friendly future for the Kaua‘i community.
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Representatives of Pacific Island nations expressed frustration and disappointment at the recent United Nations climate summit. They say they were left out of the main meeting hall when the final deal was decided. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR’s Derrick Malama reports.
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A comprehensive survey of Hawaiʻi’s nearshore ocean water quality has just been completed by a team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Using a fleet of autonomous sailboat-like vehicles known as Saildrone Explorers equipped with sensors, researchers were able to survey more than 20,000 nautical miles of Hawaiian waters.
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The Ala Wai Canal study is in round two of a major flood control plan to protect neighborhoods and businesses in the area. The 2-mile-long canal is key to the vitality of neighborhoods around Waikīkī, which harbors much of the visitor industry.
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A $20 million federal pot of money challenges Native Hawaiian groups to use Indigenous knowledge to combat climate change and figure out how to adapt cultural practices for the future. The Conversation spoke to Stanton Enomoto, the program director with the U.S. Interior Department’s Office of Native Hawaiian Relations.
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An environmental representative from the Pacific Islands has delivered a message on the region's priorities in Dubai. That's where COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference, is taking place. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
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Abby Frazier, a lead researcher for the Fifth National Climate Assessment, is a former Hawaiʻi resident. She has been working on climate variability across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific for more than a decade before recently taking a position at Clark University in Massachusetts.