Hawaii Pacific Health Announces Three Leadership Promotions
Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) announced three recent leadership promotions. Amanda Woo has been promoted to chief operating officer of Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group (HPHMG), Peter Lewis has been promoted to HPH senior vice president and chief information officer, and David Chow has been promoted to HPH vice president of finance. As HPHMG chief operating […]
MidWeek Cover Spotlights HPH Nurses in Honor of National Nurses Week
In honor of National Nurses Week, MidWeek is featuring five Hawaii Pacific Health nurses in its May 7 cover story for Hawaii Island, Kauai and Oahu. Nurses work every day to ensure patients receive the best health care possible. From specialized clinics to emergency departments, from the bedside to administration, nurses are key members of […]
2021 heat wave created ‘perfect storm’ for shellfish die-off
It’s hard to forget the excruciating heat that blanketed the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021. Temperatures in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia soared to well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with Seattle setting an all-time heat record of 108 degrees on June 28. During the heat wave, also called a heat dome, scientists and community […]
New research pinpoints ‘blue corridors’ for highly migratory fish
New research has pinpointed four high-traffic areas in the Pacific Ocean that should be considered of high priority if conservation efforts focused on large pelagic fishes such as tuna, blue marlin and swordfish are to be successful. By studying the tendency of fish to return to their place of birth to reproduce — a concept […]
Polynesian Island yields ‘treasure trove’ of fungal biodiversity
The islands of the South Pacific are a hot spot for biodiversity, but their jagged peaks, hot and humid conditions, and remote locations have limited scientists’ ability to document the many fantastic forms of life in the region. In a new study published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, researchers from the University of […]
Mass die-off of Magellanic penguins seen during 2019 heat wave
In June 2021, an unprecedented heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest and Canada, killing an estimated 1,400 people. On June 28, Seattle reached 108 F — an all-time high — while the village of Lytton in British Columbia recorded Canada’s highest-ever temperature of 121.3 F on June 29, the day before it was destroyed by […]
Humans managed shellfish and their predators for millennia
Due to their protected status, sea otter populations have rebounded across the Pacific Northwest Coast following their near elimination during the historic maritime fur trade. But the recovery of these shellfish predators and the federal laws now protecting them challenge local Indigenous communities who hold constitutionally protected rights to harvest those same shellfish but who […]
This Is How You Die In Extreme Heat
The heat dome roasting millions of people across the Pacific Northwest and swaths of Canada, sending temperatures in usually temperate places into record-breaking triple digits, has already claimed hundreds of lives. And those are just the ones we can count so far. Climate change has increased average temperatures 2 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century, […]