Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Honolulu. 1  Sunrise: 06:09AM. 2  Sunset: 06:52PM. 3  Day length: 12h 43m.  Solar noon: 12: 1 31PM. The current local time in Honolulu is 31 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
The glaciers of the Andes Mountains have retreated at an unprecedented rate in the past three decades, with more ice lost than at any other time in the last 400 years.
The Andes have been a mountain chain for much longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Bristol, UK suggests. The Andes have been a mountain chain for much longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Bristol, UK suggests. The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby earth is uplifted as one plate (oceanic crust) subducts under another plate (continental crust). To get such a high mountain chain in a subduction zone setting is unusual which adds to the importance of trying to figure out when and how it happened.