Tag: Papahanaumokuakea
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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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This Remote Hawaiian Island Just Vanished
Photo: Before, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists are concerned about what will happen to the hundreds of endangered species that once called East Island home. Hurricane Walaka, one of the most powerful Pacific storms ever recorded, has erased an ecologically important remote northwestern island from the Hawaiian archipelago. Using satellite imagery, federal scientists confirmed…
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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…
