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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
My name is Shellie Habel. I’m a PhD candidate in the field of Coastal Geology, and an aspiring public servant. Currently I work as part of a team that makes maps. These maps are used to identify the various types of flooding that will occur among the Hawaiian Islands as sea levels continue to rise … Continued
Science by nature is based on exploration, venturing into the unknown – sometimes aided by information and other times shooting in the dark. History is littered with explorers who were trained as scientists, from Darwin to astronauts. During the Sea Level Secrets expedition we have been exploring along with Dr. Ken Rubin. From his early … Continued
During the two legs of this expedition on R/V Falkor, the science team is studying coral reefs that drowned during periods of rapid sea level rise that occurred at the end of the last ice age. By doing so, we are hoping to determine exactly when this past sea level rise occurred and get some … Continued
