Science news articles about 'northwestern hawaiian islands'

... at Santa Barbara, explain how maps of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)--a vast area stretching ... George W. Bush declared the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a National Monument in 2006, "in part ...

A new NOAA report on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), protected by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, provides the sharpest picture yet of the ...

A new report on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands provides the sharpest picture yet of the region's marine life and ecosystems. The report examines the geographic distribution of the island chain's ...

... -page document details coral reef conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Navassa ... Garden Banks, the Main Hawaiian Islands, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, the Pacific ...

... be severe. The system also suggests that there is a risk of widespread bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in August, but little bleaching elsewhere during the northern hemisphere summer.

... diseased from French Frigate Shoals in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). By using genetic analyses, they were able to identify the type of ...

... square kilometers of land on Laysan Island in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In 2004 and 2005, in an effort ... die-offs of Laysan ducks on Laysan Island. Work notes that this worm was either moved ...

... ducks were restricted to an estimated 4 square kilometers of land on Laysan Island in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In 2004 and 2005, in an effort to rebuild the population, biologists released ...

Scientists have explored previously unseen coral reefs in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers.

... 6 West. The French Frigate Shoals is the largest atoll in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It got its mane name from the French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse, who ...