Oceans

VIDEO: Oahu’s Disappearing Beaches Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

VIDEO: Oahu’s Disappearing Beaches

Touring the south shore in the Civil Beat van, climate experts Chip Fletcher and Sam Lemmo talk with us about sea level rise and beach erosion.

Pod Squad: Save Our Sharks Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Pod Squad: Save Our Sharks

We discuss legislation that would prohibit the intentional killing of sharks and manta rays in Hawaii waters.

Losing A Beachfront Home Isn’t Just A Rich Person’s Problem Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Losing A Beachfront Home Isn’t Just A Rich Person’s Problem

As the sea level rise exacerbates coastal erosion, many longtime middle-class residents are struggling to protect their properties.

Study: Moving Ourselves Away From The Shoreline Is Hard But Doable Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Study: Moving Ourselves Away From The Shoreline Is Hard But Doable

A new report sheds light on some of the critical factors for the state to consider when implementing a managed retreat strategy.

Scientists Surprised To Find Endangered Seabirds On Oahu Lindsay Young/Pacific Rim Conservation

Scientists Surprised To Find Endangered Seabirds On Oahu

The critically endangered Newell’s shearwater and Hawaiian petrel were thought to be living almost exclusively on Kauai.

Fight Against Climate Change Is ‘An All-Out, All-In War’ Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Fight Against Climate Change Is ‘An All-Out, All-In War’

Keynote speaker at Hawaii Climate Conference cites importance of equitability in how we respond to the effects of a warming planet.

Hawaii 2040: Climate Change Is Already Here. And We’re Running Out Of Time

Hawaii 2040: Climate Change Is Already Here. And We’re Running Out Of Time

Scientists predict the worst will hit in about 21 years. But Hawaii is already feeling the effects of a warming planet. What are we going to do about it?

Huge Barrier For Trapping Plastic Waste In The Pacific Isn’t Working AP

Huge Barrier For Trapping Plastic Waste In The Pacific Isn’t Working

Changes are planned for the effort to sweep up the giant patch of trash between Hawaii and California.

Japanese Boat Owners Charged With Helping To Smuggle Shark Fins AP

Japanese Boat Owners Charged With Helping To Smuggle Shark Fins

About 1,000 fins valued at $58,000 were seized by from a fishing vessel.

SLIDESHOW: You Have To Get Up Early To Catch This Ahi Ritual Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2018

SLIDESHOW: You Have To Get Up Early To Catch This Ahi Ritual

In the only event of its sort in the U.S., up to 100,000 pounds of tuna are unloaded from boats and auctioned off on Honolulu’s Pier 38 six mornings a week.