"Hawaii is getting drier and drier, particularly since the 1980s," state climatologist Pao-Shin Chu said. "...The consecutive dry days become longer and longer. That's very clear." But drought isn't the only issue. Warmer global temperatures also fuel more extreme precipitation, bringing mor...
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Hawaii became the first of 34 other states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, but the bill hit anti-feminist backlash in the mid-'70s and failed to become ratified by the necessary 38 states by its July 1982 deadline. [Pictured: Women ...
boundary and trans-generational event," said Robert Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii, and a scientific adviser on the discharge plan to the Pacific Islands Forum. "Anything released into the ocean off of Fukushima is not going to stay in one place...
For example, electricity prices vary from 5.07 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in Oklahoma to 35.86 cents/kWh in Hawaii, and GHG emissions from electricity range widely128. Switching to renewable energy sources, like wind or solar, can significantly reduce human health costs and global warming ...
Temperatures usually range from 24 °C to 35 °C in summer and 19 °C to 25 °C in winter. The province is currently being promoted as “China’s Hawaii”. Water resources are abundant, with annual average precipitation 1500 mm to 2000 mm. However, many residents of Hainan have had ...
Located halfway between Hawaii and Australia in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean lies a haunting reminder of the U.S.’ nuclear testing legacy—Runit Dome. The dome symbolizes the dual tragedies of a changing climate and a toxic past, both present realities that the Marshallese people, ...
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Of the 15 states without a statewide moratorium (see supplemental Appendix Table), only Hawaii had no cities imposing a moratorium, so Hawaii was left out of the city level analysis. In the remaining 14 states, 135 cities had imposed their own moratoriums on water shutoffs as of April 30...