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Hawaii is well known for its fine weather, blue ocean and scenic mountains and coastlines. Hawaii is also home to a significant number of endangered species. Access to quality scientific and environmental information is critical in order to learn about and steward the human and natural environments.

Subcategories

• Agriculture
• Archaeology
• Birding
• Botanical Gardens
• Conservation and Endangered Species
• Education
• Energy
• Environmental Organizations
• Geology
• Hawaii Island
• Kauai
• Land Trusts
• Leeward Islands
• Maps and Views
• Marine
• Maui
• Oahu
• Parks
• Terrestrial
• Waste and Recycling
• Weather
• Whale Watching
• Zoos and Aquariums

Resources in This Category

• Climate of Hawaii

  http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/HAWAII.htm
  Narrative written by the State Climatologists and published by the National Climatic Data Center.

• Department of Land and Natural Resources

  http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/
  Information about the state's management of cultural and natural resources, both terrestrial and marine. Schedule and agenda of Board of Land and Natural Resources meetings.

• Environment Hawaii

  http://www.environment-hawaii.org/
  Discusses environmental news, issues, developments, natural resources and more in the Hawaiian islands.

• Evolution in Hawaii: A Supplement to Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science

  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089913/html
  National Academy of Sciences online book (2004) tells about the islands' geological origins and biodiversity and discusses how these illustrate the process of biological evolution.

• Hawaii Statewide GIS Program

  http://planning.hawaii.gov/gis/
  Download GIS accessible basemaps and related data.

• Pacific Tsunami Museum

  http://www.tsunami.org/
  Museum to promote public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum will also preserve social and cultural history and serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events

• Virtually Hawaii

  http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/
  Satellite images of Hawaii and other places. Also ocean currents, radar, spectral, infrared and other images.

• Web users join hunt for Hawaii tree invaders

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28132555
  The BBC reports that US conservationists and a satellite imagery company have teamed up to use the power of crowdsourcing to halt the spread of destructive invasive plants.

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