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Duke University's Nicholas School: Tourists Spend More to View Hawaii's Famed Spinner Dolphins Than Swim With Them (10)
DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 26 -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news release:
The wild-dolphin industry generates more than $100 million a year in eco-tourism revenue in Hawaii but has led to concerns that the daily tide of tourists looking to view or swim with the state's most charismatic marine mammals - spinner dolphins - is placing the animals, who rest during the day, at risk.
A new study by scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the more PR
Hawaii A.G. Connors Joins Suit to Stop Undermining of U.S. Postal Service and November Presidential Election (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 26 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Aug. 25:
Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of states and cities in filing a lawsuit to stop the disruption of operations at the United States Postal Service (USPS) and to prevent adverse impacts on the November presidential election [https://ag.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/doc-1-complaint.pdf]. The suit -- filed against President Donald Trump, the USPS, an more PR
Hawaii A.G. Connors Urges Congress to Adopt Measures to Expand Funding for Crime Victims (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Aug. 24:
Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of state and territorial attorneys general representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families.
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sena more PR
Hawaii Gov. Ige Approves Mayor Caldwell's Stay at Home Order (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 28 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
Gov. David Ige has approved Mayor Kirk Caldwell's Emergency Order No. 2020-25, requiring individuals on Oahu to stay at home and work from home for two weeks. Exceptions include certain essential activities, and work that provides essential business and government services, or performs essential public infrastructure construction, including housing.
For a list of essential businesses and services, go to more PR
Heeia Fishpond Restoration, Research Continue With UH Assistance (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 25 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
To improve the water quality in Heeia Fishpond and surrounding coastal areas, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (Hawaii Sea Grant) is leading a two-year project in partnership with Paepae o Heeia, Hui Ku Maoli Ola and Na Kilo Honua o Heeia to remove invasive mangrove and hau (lowland tree) and install bioretention basins.
The project, funded by the Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water B more PR
Navy Establishes Long-Requested ROTC Program at UH Manoa (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 26 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Aug. 25:
The University of Hawaii at Manoa has signed a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Navy to establish a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit at the University on the island of Oahu, which will begin training students in the fall of 2021.
This partnership establishes the first NROTC unit for college students in the state of Hawaii.
"This has been long-anticipated and we couldn't more PR
University of Hawaii: Accuracy of El Nino Simulation Hones Climate Change Estimates (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 28 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Correctly simulating ocean current variations hundreds of feet below the ocean surface--the so-called Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent--during El Nino events is key in reducing the uncertainty of predictions of future warming in the eastern tropical Pacific.
That was revealed in a new study led by University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers and published in Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articl more PR
University of Hawaii: Meals With a Mission at Windward CC Aims to Serve Hungry Students (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 28 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
This fall, 65 Windward Community College students will be provided with a healthy meal every day on campus thanks to Meals with a Mission. The food program, created in August to combat food insecurity and promote student success, recently received an $8,000 grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation, which was generously matched by Professor Emerita Jacquie Maly. Additional funds were raised by the Windward more PR
University of Hawaii: Nooks, Crannies and Critters - Measuring the Complexity of Land, Ocean Habitats (10)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 26 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Places with a lot of nooks and crannies contain many living things--that old brick-pile in the backyard has far more critters than the concrete driveway. This general rule is the same in natural habitats, from the abyssal trenches to the tops of mountains, from coral reefs to the tundra. These habitats range from relatively simple, flat surfaces to highly complex three-dimensional structures.
Damaris Torre more PR
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