#national ocean and atmospheric administration

Maui County’s wet season has had a slow start, but climate models predict above-average rainfall this winter.

The large-scale survey will assesses the abundance and habitat of whales, dolphins and seabirds in Hawaiʻi.

Hawai’i’s coral reefs will be entering a major bleaching event within the next two months, if not sooner, the Department of Land and Natural Resources warns. DLNR administrator Brian Neilson said the bleaching is “probably going to be worse than the ones we experienced four and five years ago.”