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A crane on the ship lifts the yellow, cone-shaped sediment trap off the back deck and over the ocean's surface. 7 people are on the deck in hard hat and life vests.
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Anatomy of a phytoplankton bloom revealed north of Hawai‘i

Hanauma Bay, O'ahu.
Ocean Life Climate Atmosphere Earth

SOEST scientists named Highly Ranked Scholars by ScholarGPS

A yellow with many thin branches stands from the dark seafloor with a pink brittle star, molluscs and anemones attached.
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Tracking deep-sea coral health after Deepwater Horizon oil spill

The glow of Kīlauea erupting is visible at night.
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Monitoring hidden processes beneath Kīlauea could aid eruption forecast

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Ocean engineering students develop custom solution for monitoring Lahaina waters 

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