Oceans

Black-Footed Albatross Chicks Take Refuge From Climate Change On Oahu Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Black-Footed Albatross Chicks Take Refuge From Climate Change On Oahu

The North Shore’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge now hosts 23 birds that faced threats in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Watch This Artist Create A New Monk Seal Mural In Kakaako Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Watch This Artist Create A New Monk Seal Mural In Kakaako

Big Island artist Kai’ili Kaulukukui decided to paint a Hawaiian monk seal mural for Pow Wow Hawaii 2018.

10 Drownings In 3 Weeks: Will Hawaii Lawmakers Boost Ocean Safety Now? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

10 Drownings In 3 Weeks: Will Hawaii Lawmakers Boost Ocean Safety Now?

The rash of deaths on Maui, predominantly visitors, has elected officials searching for solutions.

Here’s How The State Could End Up Owning Your Oceanfront Property Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Here’s How The State Could End Up Owning Your Oceanfront Property

When sea level rises, a new legal opinion says, public land follows the shoreline and the state can charge property owners to access their own places.

Six Recent Drownings On Maui Heighten Ocean Safety Concerns Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Six Recent Drownings On Maui Heighten Ocean Safety Concerns

Safety advocates want to know more about why four visitors and two local residents died in the last two weeks.

Here’s How Climate Change Is Already Threatening Hawaii Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Here’s How Climate Change Is Already Threatening Hawaii

We’ve seen flooded streets and washed out beaches, but even the birds, the animals and the forests are being affected by global warming.

Crews Free Entangled Humpback Whale Near Maui AP

Crews Free Entangled Humpback Whale Near Maui

Rescue teams removed more than 285 feet of braided line that the whale was trailing off the coast of Makena Beach.

Lawmakers, Health Officials Point To Each Other For Cesspool Answers Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lawmakers, Health Officials Point To Each Other For Cesspool Answers

Hawaii leaders have no idea what to do about an environmental problem that could cost billions of dollars to fix.

Coral Bleaching, Low Oxygen Levels Getting Worse In Oceans Arcadio Castillo/Smithsonian via AP

Coral Bleaching, Low Oxygen Levels Getting Worse In Oceans

Two new studies report marine life and reefs are growing more vulnerable, thanks in large part to climate change.

Foreign Fishermen Settle Human Trafficking Suit AP

Foreign Fishermen Settle Human Trafficking Suit

UPDATED: They claimed they were trafficked through the Hawaii longline fishing fleet and forced to work on a boat.