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The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is the largest and deepest UNESCO World Heritage Site on Earth. Learn about Kanton Atoll, the largest and only inhabited Atoll in the protected area. The biological density is phenomenal with more than 500 fish species, an abundance of sharks and turtles, and at least 120 types of corals.
During the 2017 "Unraveling Ancient Sea Level Secrets" research cruise, ROV SuBastian performed science dives of exploration and sampling. SuBastian Dive #055 - Penguin Bank, Hawai'i - FK170825 (Dive 1) Date: 09/12/2017 Location: Penguin Bank off the island of Lanai, Hawaii Depth: ~115 m Work Completed: Looking for specific types of coral and coral remnants for both sampling and … Continued
We have not seen a speck of land or another ship for five days. We have seen a rainbow, some sunsets, and a handful of seabirds – otherwise just blue sea, blue sky, and the horizon as we steam from the Northern Hemisphere to the South. The ship mood is ripe with anticipation as we … Continued
Being at sea poses a lot of challenges for a science team – the first of which is “Do you have everything you need?” Keeping in mind there are no shopping, stores, or deliveries for the next month, we asked the science team to pick one item that they need for their work – or that … Continued
If I asked you to picture a coral reef, you might think of snorkelling around colorful ocean architecture surrounded by curious fish. But you can’t snorkel or scuba around deep ocean corals. Thousands of meters below the sea surface, these are high pressure, intense, cold, dark environments with low oxygen levels – not exactly a … Continued
Aranteiti joined fisheries in 2004, working with the Research and Monitoring Unit doing mostly coastal fisheries surveys, including fish count and invertebrate survey. In 2010 he joined the PIPA Team and also went on the 2015 PIPA Expedition. He is a member of the PIPA Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and a counterpart for visiting scientists … Continued
As the #SeaLevelSecrets cruise comes to an end, we look back at this scientific expedition. Technology was used in pioneering ways – including a robotic sonar mapping platform and advanced remotely-operated vehicle – to discover evidence of past sea level change in Hawaii and around the Pacific. In doing so, the crew sailed along the … Continued
Omand, M., Cetinic, I., and Lucas, A. (2017). Using Bio-optics to Reveal Phytoplankton Physiology from a Wirewalker Autonomous Platform. Oceanography 30(2):128-131, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.233.
Watson, S., Whittaker, J., Lucieer, V., Coffin, M. and Lamarche, G. (2017). Erosional and Depositional Processes on the Submarine Flanks of Ontong Java and Nukumanu Atolls, Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Marine Geology, 392 (2017) 122 – 139. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.08.006. [This publication is available as OPEN ACCESS].
During this expedition we have studied both Penguin Bank in Hawaii and Palmyra Atoll, 1000 miles south of Hawaii. Dr. Ken Rubin has been exploring Penguin Bank for over a decade, yet Palmyra has not been studied geologically at the depths between 100 and 200 meters. Even with the distance between the two regions, both … Continued
