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20 December 2015

Notes on some sea urchins of Hawaii

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Map of the Big Island with intertidal and subtidal sites I visited this fall. Map modified from this source . Sea urchins were one of ...
06 December 2015

The northern Hawaiian coast

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Geographic regions of the Big Island. Map source The northwestern district of Kohala and the Hamakua coast were among the final regions...
01 December 2015

Wai'opae pools

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Wai'opae pools among basalt bedrock and boulders. The Big Island has about 6 Marine Life Conservation Districts, marine reserves ...
28 November 2015

Restless Kilauea

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Halemaumau Crater inside Kilauea's caldera. Kilauea lies on the southeastern slopes of Mauna Loa . One of five volcanoes on th...
27 November 2015

Ka Lae

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The southwestern coast of the Big Island is known as the Kau district. It is sparsely populated and transitions from the forested slopes ...
26 November 2015

Honaunau Bay

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Our first two full days on the Big Island provided a chance for beach exploration on the south Kona coast. To snorkel I originally wanted...
23 November 2015

Origin of the Hawaiian Islands

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Mauna Kea from the west, Nov 2015. From a geologic perspective, Hawaii is an ephemeral and dynamic anomaly. The islands’ origins lie d...
11 October 2015

Signs of the western drought

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As I traveled through northern California into Oregon last month, evidence of the severe drought lingering in the west was apparent. Late...
04 October 2015

Crater Lake

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Crater Lake National Park was the last significant stop on my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest . Located about 50 miles north of the ...