Environment

University of Hawaiʻi oceanographer Nick Hawco spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about new research into the North Pacific Transition Zone.

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Hawaiʻi is required by law to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. What are the consequences if the state misses that target, and, essentially, breaks the law? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

A group of young people are suing President Donald Trump in an effort to block three of his executive orders that they claim will worsen climate change and violate their constitutional rights.

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against President Trump's move to relax protections in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument; The UH Institute for Biogenesis Research provides an update on advances in gene editing

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa. It's a potential first step in a wider industry push to allow deep-sea mining that environmentalists oppose because they say it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems.

Alice Roberts, program manager for the U.S. Army Pacific Land Retention, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the Oʻahu land leases set to expire in 2029 and the Land Board's decision to reject the Army's EIS for Pōhakuloa.

William Aila is a former chair of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources and now wears a different hat, representing a group dedicated to protecting Mākua Valley’s cultural and spiritual resources. He spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the Army's current lease on land in the valley.

Sheep and goats have been used to clear flammable grasses in Hawaiʻi. They mostly do such “prescribed grazing” at solar farms, but can it work closer to people? HPR’s Mark Ladao reports on a pilot project in East Oʻahu that's looking to find out.

Since October, volunteers have been meeting every Thursday evening in Waimānalo to hike around in the dark and capture coqui frogs.