Tag: Marine National Monuments
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A ‘Devil’ Seaweed Is Spreading Inside Hawaiʻi’s Most Protected Place
An invasive algae has wrecked huge sections of reef in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Scientists are racing to find out what it is, where it came from and whether anything can stop it. Papahānaumokuākea — Manawai, also known as Pearl and Hermes Atoll, is where scientists found an invasive seaweed in 2019 smothering reefs. It’s…
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Officials dismissed benefits of national monuments
Photo: a look at Bears Ears monument, which encompasses 1.35 million acres of land in Utah. (The Wilderness Society) In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public sites boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, according to documents the department released this month and retracted a…
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The State of Coral in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
October 3, 2017 — The NOAA research vessel Hiialakai returned Saturday from a 25-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. A team of scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has returned from a month-long trip to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument with reams of research on coral and fish…