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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
is one of fifty states of the U.S. and covers the Hawaiian Islands, a volcanic
archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arc ...
consisting of eight major islands, several atolls and numerous smaller islets. Hawaii became a state of the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
in 1959. Prior to that it was the
Territory of Hawaii The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory ( Hawaiian: ''Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi'') was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding ...
(1898 to 1959) and originally the Kingdom of Hawaii.


Climate


Geography


Energy


Environmental issues

The majority of the
environmental issue Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...
s affecting
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
today are related to pressures from increasing human and animal population in the limited separation space of the islands.


See also

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Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands Located about 2300 miles (3680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent ...
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List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands This is a list of Hawaiian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day. The Hawaiian Island ...
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Plug-in electric vehicles in Hawaii , there were about 17,000 electric vehicles in Hawaii, accounting for 1.6% of all passenger vehicles in the state. The state has the second-highest number of electric vehicles per capita in the United States, behind California. Government poli ...


References


External links


Department of Land and Natural Resources
at the State of Hawaii
Environment Hawai`i
- environmental news about Hawaii {{Hawaii-stub