We're on Mauna Loa today because our live signal would affect the eleven working telescopes atop Mauna Kea. That's the mountain we visited recently, where a mountain of controversy is brewing that is ...

Snow fell on Hawaii's tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white ...

As the sun began to appear above Hawaii's Mauna Kea Aug. 31, hundreds of temporary residents of the mountain's slopes emerged from cars and tents that dot the nearby blackened lava field, gathering to ...

Hawaiians from across Arizona gathered at the base of "A" mountain in Tempe on Saturday to protest the construction of the fourteenth and largest telescope on a sacred mountain in Hawaii known as ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest ...

Although the Mauna Kea summit is closed to the public, tour operators can still take groups stargazing on other parts of the mountain. Photo Credit: Kirk Lee Aeder/Hawaii Tourism Authority A powerful ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawai‘i — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest ...

The Mauna Kea Master Plan allows for a maximum of nine observatories atop the Mauna Kea summit on the Big Island. There are currently 13 telescopes, with four to be decommissioned, and if the TMT is ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Protesters have been gathering on the slopes of Hawaii’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, for almost three weeks hoping to halt the construction of a giant telescope atop land ...

Tallest Underwater Mountain: The tallest underwater mountain in the world is Mauna Kea, located on the island of Hawaii, USA. Though its visible height above sea level is modest, most of Mauna Kea ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is argued that on small islands, native ecosystems are highly susceptible to disruption due to limited size of habitats and small species ...