Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

The former coal yard is today the site of batteries that are big enough to power half a million homes for several hours. "One of the challenges as everyone knows about renewables is the sun doesn ...

Windward Big Island could see more scattered rains ... Heavy rains could start as early as Wednesday night for Kauai with the rest of Hawaii seeing the rain, winds and possible thunderstorms ...

The Hawaiʻi County Council last week postponed voting on the appropriation of $10.5 million for nonprofits addressing housing and homelessness until this Friday, after hearing testimony that ...

Hawaii ended their road trip with the Big West’s top team in the conference, The ‘Bows trailed 11-0 before scoring their first basket. UH trailed by 15 at one point in the first half.

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...

Episode 6 of the Big Island volcano’s latest eruption, which began the week of Christmas 2024, is underway as lava flows onto the crater floor from a geiser that started at about 11:28 p.m. Jan.

“What I would like to see is action,” said James McCully, member of the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency. “Demolishing Uncle Billy’s was a necessity. Now that we’re done cleaning ...

The "megaberg" - which is twice the size of Greater London and 130 feet tall - is on a crash course with the remote island of South Georgia, and could make it hard for the millions of penguins ...

The world's biggest iceberg is steadily drifting towards a remote British island off a tip of Antarctica, six weeks after breaking loose from its sea floor grounding in the Southern Ocean.