Hawai‘i Ocean Observing System profiled on Hawai‘i Public Radio

Hawai‘i Public Radio recently talked to Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) outreach coordinator Marcie Grabowski, HIGP associate researcher Ben Brooks, and oceanography professor Pierre Flament, about the Hawai‘i Ocean Observing System (HiOOS) and its online resources. HiOOS seeks to provide accurate, timely, and reliable information about the coastal and open ocean to researchers and the general public.

Listen to the mp3 from the HPR website. Image courtesy of HiOOS.

HIMB researchers comment on recent shark attacks, sightings

Hawai‘i Institute for Marine Biology (HIMB) shark researchers Kim Holland and Tom Tricas say there’s no evidence that the number of sharks in the region has increased. Instead, the increased sightings could be due to the sharks coming closer to shore to mate, or that clearer, calmer water conditions just make it easier for us to see them. “There is no evidence that anything in the environment has changed to make (tiger shark) numbers any greater this year than at any time in the past,” Holland said.

Read more about it and see the video at HonoluluAdvertiser.com and KGMB9. Image courtesy Hawaiian Lifeguard Association.

Beach erosion spreading on islands of O‘ahu and Maui

Coastal geologist Chip Fletcher, UH Geology & Geophysics (G&G) chair located in Honolulu on O‘ahu, and Zoe Norcross-Nu‘u, UH Sea Grant Coastal Processes Extension Agent located on Maui, discuss the erosion of beaches on their respective islands. Fletcher highlights Kailua Beach while Norcross-Nu‘u highlights Baldwin Beach, where the rate of erosion is the highest of any sandy beach on Maui.

Read more about it in the Honolulu Advertiser (O‘ahu) and the Maui News (Maui). Photo courtesy of Matthew Thayer/Maui News; click on it to see the full version.

“Artificial upwelling” project focus of Discovery Channel program

HOT and C-MORE oceanographers led by Dave Karl and Ricardo Letelier were highlighted in the new Discovery Channel series called Discovery Project Earth. The “Hungry Oceans” episode showed how researchers are looking at wave-powered ocean pumps that could increase ocean productivity and decrease carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The show premiered on Friday, September 5, 2008, at 7 pm HST on the Discovery Channel, with a rebroadcast the following Sunday morning.

Read more about it in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the SOEST Press Release (PDF), at EurekAlert, and at UPI.com. Image courtesy of the Dave Karl, et al.; click on it to see the full version.

Three Top-Ten Rankings for SOEST Programs

Three SOEST programs: Oceanography, Physical Sciences (2nd), Marine Science (4th), and Geophysics (7th) continue in good company in the Academic Analytics FSP Index for Top Performing Individual Programs 2006-2007.

Read More about it in the UH Press Release.

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