“How to launch a 13-ton submarine, Part 2” | UnderH2O

In part two of the two-part episode of UnderH2O about the submersible operation at the Hawai‘i Undersea Research Lab (HURL), we observe the launch and recovery of the Pisces V submersible from the recently-restored LRT (Launch, Recovery, and Transport) Platform — a marvel of undersea technology.

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Updates

• A new link to an article in LiveScience quoting oceanographer Grieg Steward was added to the archived news item “State counting on nature to flush molasses” on 09-24-13.

Fifth IPCC Climate Assessment Report at UH

Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis of the Fifth IPCC Climate Assessment Report was released on Friday 30 September in Stockholm, Sweden. Axel Timmermann, professor of Oceanography and International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) researcher, and Mark Merrifield, professor of Oceanography and director of the UH Sea Level Center (UHSLC), presented the report's summary findings to a packed audience at the Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) Hale. David Karl, professor of Oceanography and director of C-MORE, hosted and moderated the special event and provided background information on the report.

Read about in and watch the videos at KHON2 and Hawaii News Now; read more about it in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required). You can also download PDFs of Timmermann’s and Merrifield’s presentations. Image courtesy IPCC.

PacIOOS website offers real-time surf report

Hawaii Business writer Catherine E. Toth describes how she uses the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)’s “interactive and informative website that gives me all the real-time information I need” to plan an active day. “A lot of the data is very technical, but much of the site is useful for anyone who uses the ocean, from anglers scouting out fishing grounds to folks whose homes get inundated by high tides,” she notes. “PacIOOS users are extremely diverse,” says Melissa Iwamoto, PacIOOS outreach and program coordinator. “Basically, anyone who uses ocean information to inform their decision-making can benefit.”

Read more about it at Hawaii Business. Image courtesy of PacIOOS; click on it to visit www.pacioos.org.

Award examines volcanic crises in the USA

SOEST has been awarded one of the first grants in a new large-scale research direction by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant is one of several made this month seeking to mitigate disasters by creating broad, interdisciplinary, multi-institutional teams. Starting this month, Bruce Houghton, the Gordon Macdonald Professor of Volcanology in G&G, and a team of researchers will start work on an innovative project to improve our “working relationship” with potentially dangerous active volcanoes in the US. He is joined by Peter Mouginis-Mark, the outgoing Director of HIGP, and Karl Kim, Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC). This study will include team members from seven other institutions, led by UH Mānoa.

Read more about it in UH System News. Image courtesy of USGS.

Hurricane season is 01 June thru 30 November 2013

The 2013 hurricane season begins on 01 June and ends on 30 November. To help you prepare for hurricanes (and other natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunami, and floods from other causes), the UH Sea Grant College Program’s Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards is available as a PDF or printed book. Keep track of weather conditions at the Hawai‘i Beach Hazard Forecast Site, the Meteorology Weather Server, and the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System.

Please visit SOEST in the News: 2013 for archived news articles, with links to previous years.

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