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Hawaii is an island in the Pacific Ocean 2,000 mi (3,200 km) off the coast of the United States. The majority of environmental issues affecting Hawaii today are related to pressures from increasing human and animal population and urban expansion both directly on the islands as well as overseas.
OAHU, Hawaii — Hawaii’s most famous coastline, Waikiki Beach, is not going to be the same in the next 50 years. ... Using computer models, the researchers predicted that by 2050, nearly 40% of ...
Ahupuaa map of Oahu; Moku and Ahupuaa maps of the eight main Hawaiian Islands (Islandbreath.org) Haiken, Melanie (2022-08-18). "Hawaii's ancient land management system". BBC Travel. The ahupua'a system of land development, in practice for more than 1,000 years, has the potential to show the world a new path to sustainability.
Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...
The Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) is an attached agency that administers the State Water Code, Chapter 174C of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. It has jurisdiction over land-based surface water and groundwater resources, but not coastal waters and generally, it is responsible for addressing water quantity issues, while water quality issues are under the purview of the Hawaii ...
Land loss is the term typically used to refer to the conversion of coastal land to open water by natural processes and human activities. The term land loss includes coastal erosion. It is a much broader term than coastal erosion because land loss also includes land converted to open water around the edges of estuaries and interior bays and ...
Kīlauea is the southeastern portion, about 13.7%, of the Big Island of Hawaii. Compared to the 25,000 to 35,000 cubic kilometers (6,000 to 8,400 cu mi) volume of Kīlauea, the submarine slide is between 10,000 and 12,000 cubic kilometers (2,400 and 2,900 cu mi), making up about 10% of the island. [ 15 ]
Mar. 21—The city's proposed plan to change the long-term development of nearly 84, 000 acres of urban land stretching from East Honolulu to Pearl City has advanced. The city's proposed plan to ...