Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules
The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff?
Cesspools in the Kohala Coast community of Puakō have been leaking into the ocean for years. So residents came up with a plan.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
The Oceans Just Hit An Ominous Milestone
Acidification of the seas has crossed into dangerous territory, threatening all manner of marine life.
Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm
Ag tech company Symbrosia is scaling up production of its feed supplements for more environmentally friendly livestock production.
(Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025)
Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
Civil Beat Series On Threats To Northwest Hawaiian Islands Wins National Award
‘Guardians Of The Deep’ took readers to the farthest tip of the Hawaiian archipelago.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils
Electric hydrofoils flying above our waters are becoming more common. Many pioneers of the sport in Hawaiʻi started out surfing human-powered hydrofoils at regular surf breaks.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat
The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves
The first of seven turtle nests on the North Shore beach have emerged after volunteers raised alarms about disturbance from beachgoers and houses nearby.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Quiet Beaches, Traffic, Canceled Flights: How Hawaiʻi Prepared For Tsunami
Traffic was gridlocked and sirens blared every hour after a tsunami was generated by a massive earthquake off Russia.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
Protecting Coral Habitat May Prove Vital As Ocean Becomes More Acidic
Protections for critical coral habitat could bolster climate resilience for Hawaiʻi’s reefs.