Hawaii

Atop A Hawaiian Mountain, A Constant Sniff For Carbon Dioxide

Joe Palca — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:30:00 +0000

Climate scientists have a good reason to want to get away from it all. To get an accurate picture of the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, you have to find places where the numbers won't be distorted by cities or factories or even lots of vegetation that can have a major local impact on CO₂ concentrations.

Starting in 1958, scientists from the Scripps Institution for Oceanography have been using an instrument on the top of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii to measure CO₂ in the atmosphere.

Wake Up And Smell The Tuna? Sunrise At Honolulu's Fish Auction

Joe Palca — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:04:00 +0000

If you are up at 5 in the morning in Honolulu and are wondering what to do, I have a suggestion: Head over to Pier 38 and watch the Honolulu Fish Auction. It's quite a scene.

Getting up at 5 may seem a bit extreme, but for recent arrivals to Hawaii from the East Coast of the mainland — as I was last Friday — the six-hour time difference makes waking up early easy, if not inevitable.

The auction takes place in a low-slung single-story building toward the end of the pier. At about 1 a.m., fishing boats start bringing in their catch.

Navy Sonar Criticized For Harming Marine Mammals

Lauren Sommer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:47:00 +0000

The U.S. Navy is planning to expand training exercises off California and Hawaii, citing the need for military readiness. That's raising concerns about threatened whales and marine mammals, because sonar is known harm and, in some cases, kill them. The state of California is fighting the Navy's plan.

Remains Sent From Vietnam To Hawaii May Be Those Of U.S. Service Member

Bill Chappell — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:23:00 +0000

Vietnam has sent what analysts believe could be the remains of a member of the American military who died in the country during the Vietnam War. After a repatriation ceremony at the airport in Da Nang Sunday, the remains were sent to Hawaii for examination and possible identification.

One month ago, teams from the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command traveled to Vietnam and Laos to search for U.S. service members who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.

Shark! Fisherman Gets Quite A Scare, Catches Scene On Video

Mark Memmott — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:29:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNhvXutVjQ