Rizo Lopez Foods Inc. has issued a recall of their Rio Bros California Creamery Aged Cojita Mexican Grating Cheese due to potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes. The product was distributed across the United States and in Hawaiian retailers, including R.…
US Representative Ed Case (HI) has sponsored a bill known as House Resolution 6447, or the Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms (NEMO) Act. The legislation was introduced concurrently with…
A single kiwikiu, part of a group of seven kiwikius relocated to the Nakula Natural Area Reserve in 2019, survived a deadly mosquito-borne disease that wiped out the rest of…
The State of Hawaii Department of Health has issued an alert concerning the expansion of a previous recall of WanBana applesauce pouch products that took place in October. The recall…
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Hawai’i and Palmyra announced that artificial intelligence powered imagery analysis detected two more seabird species at Palmyra Atoll, both of which were thought to have disappeared…
Researchers from NOAA who are investigating the mat-forming alga Chondria tumulosa in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument have observed its proliferation, which is negatively impacting Hawaiian coral reefs
The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) has returned to Hawaii for its annual International Training Course in Volcano Hazards Monitoring, with 12 participants attending the program this…
A group of student pharmacists from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo are conducting research using an extract from a locally-grown plant…
The Nature Conservancy recently announced that Emily Fielding has been selected as Hawaii’s marine conservation director.
A confirmed probable case of monkeypox has been discovered in an Oahu resident. The probable case adds to the list of five confirmed cases, according to the Hawaii Department of…
A probable case of monkeypox, a rare disease apparently on the comeback, has been identified in a Hawaii resident.
Gov. David Ige (D-Hawaii ) revealed that $14 million in federal funding was awarded to the state to aid in saving the Hawaiian honeycreeper population.
The fourth case of Legionnaires’ disease has been confirmed by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH).
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose sharply in 2021 as the economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and utility companies burned more coal, according to a new study by the Rhodium…
Of the five volcanoes on the Big Island, Kīlauea has always been considered the most active one, as demonstrated once again through a recent eruption.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded an offshore magnitude-6.2 earthquake southwest the Island of Hawai‘i on Sunday, October 10, at 11:48 a.m., HST.
The Kīlauea volcano is erupting, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).
The County of Hawai‘i’s Disaster Recovery Division is providing this monthly update on projects and programs to support recovery and building community resilience in Puna following the 2018 eruption.
In a long-range effort to combat global warming, Hawaii is pledging to plant and restore 100 million trees throughout the state by 2030.
Increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at Kīlauea’s summit began occurring as of approximately noon on Sept. 29, indicating movement of magma in the subsurface.
The Hawaiian Islands are home to 410,000 acres of living reef and more than 7,000 species of marine animals and plants.
AVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice
The Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the decommissioning of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Hōkū Ke’a teaching telescope on Maunakea is posted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo…
On the evening of Aug. 23, a swarm of earthquakes was noticed under Kilauea caldera, creating the possibility that the volcano’s magma has shifted.
Researchers have been studying the evolution of blowholes in cetaceans such as dolphins and whales.
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