Clean Water Branch had been notified of a waste water discharge from a lift station at Princeville on Kauai due to a power outage. 
According to preliminary estimates, more than 1,500 gallons discharged into waters adjacent to Sealodge Beach.
CWB officials believe the waste water may not have entered into the ocean due to heavy vegetation.
Power has been restored [...]

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Humans pose main trouble for isles’ coral, report says
Coral reefs near Hawaii are in better shape than reefs in other parts of the United States, particularly those in the Caribbean Ocean ravished by rising ocean temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said yesterday.
But reefs in heavily populated areas, such as Oahu, commonly suffer more [...]

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This week the Hawaii Ocean Film Festival will announce its call for films on the subject of marine resources, ocean recreation, and cultural connections to the sea.
The HOFF presents a unique opportunity to match the voices and visions of ocean sports enthusiasts and environmental projects through the medium of independent film.
Celebrating their ninth year presenting [...]

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Scientists have discovered a zebra-stripe pattern of deep, wide and slow currents that cut east-west across the planet’s oceans, each like a plodding conveyer belt at the airport passenger terminal.
The previously unsuspected currents stand in sharp contrast to the heat- and wind-driven express trains such as the Gulf Stream, which typically flow in a circular [...]

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A 48-year-old South Carolina man was rescued from the surf at Lumahai Beach on the North Shore yesterday around 3 p.m.
County spokesperson Mary Daubert said bystander Nikona Ghiglari observed the West Cola, S.C. man in distress, and retrieved a recently installed rescue tube and swam out to assist the struggling man. Craig Touchton was brought [...]

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Researchers at the nonprofit Cetos Research Organization have shown for the first ever that humpback whale calves make sounds.
The organization studied the whales off the coasts of Maui and Kauai, and said the squealing noises made by the young whales are messages to their mothers.
However, the sounds are not as complex as the continuous, repetitive [...]

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