SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 24, No. 9, February 21, 2013

Calendar of Events

Monday, February 25

No events.

Tuesday, February 26

Pacific Islands Climate Science Center seminar: Cynthia Kolar, Science Advisor, USGS Fisheries and Invasive Species Program, Tackling Emerging Issues: Meet Me at the Intersection of Science, Management, and Policy, POST 414, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Kolar is a finalist for the directorship of the Pacific Islands Climate Science Center.

Wednesday, February 27

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology seminar: Holland Lab Team, HIMB, Fisheries Biology in Support of Sustainable Fisheries--Recent Research on the High Seas, Pauley Classroom, 12:00 p.m.

Dept. of Meteorology and Dept. of Geography joint seminar: Abby Frazier, Graduate Student, UHM Dept. of Geography, The Changing Spatial Patterns of Hawaiian Rainfall: Identifying the Fingerprints of ENSO, PDO, and Climate Change, MSB 100, 3:30 p.m.

Dept. of Ocean and Resources Engineering seminar: Zhenhua Huang, Principal Investigator, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological Univ., Wave Breaking and Setup over Fringing Reefs, MSB 114, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Please join us for coffee hour near the seminar venue a half hour before the seminar, 3:00-3:30 p.m. To see a PDF for this seminar, including an abstract, please visit the department website.

Thursday, February 28

Pacific Islands Climate Science Center seminar: William Sweet, Oceanographer, National Ocean Service, Connections to a Climate Science Center, POST 414, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Sweet is a finalist for the directorship of the Pacific Islands Climate Science Center.

Dept. of Oceanography seminar: Peter Rhines, Professor, University of Washington, Exploring the Subpolar Atlantic with Seagliders and Altimetry, MSB 100, 3:00 p.m.

Hanauma Bay Thursday Evenings: Tracy Wurth, Biologist, NOAA-PIFSC, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, Translocation as a Tool for Conservation of the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Hanauma Bay Education Center Theater, 6:30 p.m. Event is free and open to the public, with no charge for parking after 5:30 p.m. For more information on UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program events and activities, navigate to the online Calendar of Events.

Friday, March 1

International Pacific Research Center seminar: Tommy G. Jensen, Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, COAMPS Simulation of the MJOs During DYNAMO, POST 414, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Joint Inst. for Marine and Atmospheric Research seminar: Yvonne Firing, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, Vertical Structure and Vorticity Balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage, POST 404, 2:30 p.m.

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF seminar: Kenneth Rubin, Professor, UHM Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Reconstructing LGM and Deglacial Sea Level History in Hawaii, POST 723, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

Aloha to Marlin Atkinson: SOEST mourns the loss of Marlin Atkinson, a professor at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and a respected and valued colleague. Marlin suffered a heart attack the evening of February 18 while hosting a gathering of the members of the Alliance for Coastal Technologies as they celebrated the end of a successful series of experiments to test the equipment that is used to measure ocean acidification. He died at Castle Hospital.

Marlin was 61 years old and had been a faculty member at HIMB since 1984. He was looking forward to the work that his group was undertaking on the role of decreased ocean pH on coral reefs and increased nutrient loading on the coral calcification. Marlin is survived by his two children.

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