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Ke Kai Ola, the Hawaiian monk seal hospital in Kailua-Kona, has been rehabilitating sick and injured seals until they are able to survive in the wild. Two former patients from Ke Kai Ola were found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with pups of their own.
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NOAA is monitoring the algae known as Chondria tumulosa. It suffocates native coral by cutting off their waterflow and light. The only recorded sightings of the algae are in Papahānaumokuākea, but researchers doubt it has Hawaiian origins.
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Four new species of deep-sea limu were recently discovered in Hawaiian waters. One found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands has been named after local conservationist Laura Kalaukapu Thompson.
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E/V Nautilus has mapped over 8,000 square miles of the seafloor in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The team was able to map deep ocean floors and shallow waters at the same time using new technology.
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The United States Postal Service released a series of stamps featuring animals in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. The Conversation talked to National Marine Sanctuary Site Director Kris Sarri about marking 50 years of the system that stretches from American Samoa to the Atlantic shores.
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A team of 16 freedivers recovered a staggering amount of marine debris last month off reefs and beaches in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. HPR’s Jason Ubay has more.
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Before it was officially called Papahānaumokuākea, it was known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Now a similar conversation is emerging to change the name of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
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A coalition of cultural leaders and scientists sent a letter to President Biden requesting him to expand protections of the waters around the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument — and rename it.
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Researchers aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus have new insight into the geological origins of the Liliʻuokalani Ridge Seamounts near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They say some of the seamounts likely migrated from the South Pacific. HPR's Zoe Dym has more.
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From sea sponges the size of cars to fish that look like softballs, this group of 43 researchers, educators, and mariners have seen it all. The team returned from a 20-day exploration at Papāhanaumokuākea Marine National Monument, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.