News articles tagged with 'Hawaii'
Lava fingerprinting reveals differences between Hawaii's twin volcanoes
— 2 Dec 2011 10:53 | Geology and palaeontologyHawaii's main volcano chains - the Loa and Kea trends - have distinct sources of magma and unique plumbing systems connecting them to the Earth's deep mantle, according to UBC research…
Native Hawaiians: Vulnerability to early death at all ages
— 17 Sep 2010 10:00 | HealthThroughout their lives, Native Hawaiians have higher risks of death than white Americans, according to a University of Michigan study…
Smithsonian scientists help create first frozen repository for Hawaiian coral
— 23 Aug 2010 18:21 | BiologyScientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an…
Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots
— 4 Dec 2009 08:57 | Geology and palaeontologyHawaii may be paradise for vacationers, but for geologists it has long been a puzzle. Plate tectonic theory readily explains the existence of volcanoes at boundaries where plates split…
Introduced Japanese white-eyes pose major threat to Hawaii's native and endangered birds
— 18 Sep 2009 13:09 | EnvironmentIn the late 1920s, people intentionally introduced birds known as Japanese white-eyes into Hawaiian agricultural lands and gardens for purposes of bug control. Now, that decision has…
Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers
— 27 May 2009 09:20 | EnvironmentAs climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii's mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free…
Biofuel crops pose invasive pest risk
— 22 Apr 2009 12:02 | EnvironmentResearchers with the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit have examined the impact of unregulated planting of biofuel crops for their potential invasiveness and raised…
Coral's fragility revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
— 7 Apr 2009 13:23 | EnvironmentA new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems…
Hawaiian scientists take their test tubes surfing
— 24 Sep 2008 16:47 | ChemistryChemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu - they've shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a test-tube built into…
Researchers find evidence that could rewrite Hawaii's botanical history
— 16 Apr 2008 17:35 | BiologyScientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered data that suggests one of Hawaii's most dominant plants, Metrosideros, has been a resident of the islands far longer than previously…
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