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Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.

NOAA has tracked extreme weather and climate events, like the Maui wildfires, since the 1980s. It announced on Thursday that it will no longer update its database.

The Conversation spoke with renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle, a former chief scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about the effects further cuts to the agency could have on access to essential information.

Former NOAA Chief Scientist Sylvia Earle shares the effects further cuts to the agency could have on public access; A. Kam Napier, editor-in-chief of the new Hawaiʻi publication Aloha State Daily, on what he hopes to add to local news

An Allies in Resistance rally was held on Saturday to protest cuts to DEI programs and to honor the legacy of Patsy T. Mink. Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda spoke before the crowd.

Up until last month, Hawaiʻi was the last state to be free from avian flu. Now there are concerns about how the disease could affect not only our native birds but the Hawaiian monk seals. The Conversation spoke with Michelle Barbieri, who leads NOAA's Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program.

A young Hawaiian monk seal on Maui became sick and needed a helping hand. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the efforts to ensure survival of the endemic and endangered species.

The National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy will be used to protect reefs around Hawaiʻi, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Area and other areas.

Hone was a hurricane at its peak but was back to a tropical storm on Monday with top sustained winds of 50mph. Tropical Storm Hector gained strength in the eastern Pacific, but no coastal watches or warnings were in effect as it was still far out at sea.

Tropical Storm Hone is approaching Hawaiʻi, bringing wind that could increase wildfire risks. Hone is expected to whip up wind and drop rain on the southern edges of the islands.