Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Hawaii's coral reefs (e.g. French Frigate Shoals) are a major factor in Hawaii's $800 million a year marine tourism and are being affected negatively by coral bleaching and increased sea surface temperatures, which in turn leads to coral reef diseases. The first large-scale coral bleaching occurred in 1996 and in 2004 it was found that the sea ...
Pacific islands, including Hawaii, are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as intense storms, wildfires, and coral reef bleaching, due to their remote oceanic locations ...
In the Seychelles, the impacts of climate change were observable in precipitation, air temperature and sea surface temperature by the early 2000s. Climate change poses a threat to its coral reef ecosystems, with drought conditions in 1999 and a mass bleaching event in 1998. Water management will be critically impacted. [5]
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have a dry-summer tropical savannah climate, As in the Köppen climate classification system. In the driest month (May), they receive less than 60 mm (2.4 in) of precipitation and also less than 100 − ( t o t a l a n n u a l p r e c i p i t a t i o n ( m m ) 25 ) {\textstyle 100-\left({\frac {\mathrm {total ...
A composite satellite image from NASA of the Hawaiian Islands taken from outer space. Click on the image for a larger view that shows the main islands and the extended archipelago. Partial islands, atolls, reefs—those west of Niʻihau are uninhabited except Midway Atoll—form the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Leeward Islands): Nihoa (Mokumana)
The more greenhouse gases are emitted this century, the fewer whales there will be in Hawaii, according to a new study. Hawaiian waters may get too hot for humpback whales due to climate change ...
Thirteen children and teens in Hawaii took the state government to court over the threat posed by climate change. Now they're celebrating a settlement that emphasizes a plan to decarbonize Hawaii ...