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Last year, a spark from a hammer was enough to ignite dry grass, and contributed to the largest wildfire in California history. All across the Western…
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Europe’s record-shattering heatwave last week contributed to the hottest June ever recorded on earth. It’s been hot in Hawai?i lately as well, although it…
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Today, on the summer solstice, HPR starts a closer look at how climate change is playing out in Hawai‘i. We’re calling these reports “Planet808: Climate…
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Charles “Chip” Fletcher is a Professor of Earth Science at UH M?noa. He’s also Vice-Chair of the Honolulu Climate Change Commission and has recently…
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This week, while a delegation of four Pacific atoll nations lobbied President Trump in Washington, Hawai‘i's Chip Fletcher headed to one of those nations,…
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Global Warming Is Shrinking Glaciers Faster Than ThoughtWASHINGTON — Earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each…
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The United Nations Climate Change conference in December faced urgent news from the UN Climate Change Panel, which had concluded that previous CO2…
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In a continuing discussion about climate change, there are opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. Today, HPR’s Noe Tanigawa speaks with Chip…
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The State’s Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission conducted its first meeting today and received a briefing on a draft sea level rise…
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Governments have come up with a variety of policy proposals to try and combat global warming. One idea involves using taxes to discourage companies from…