Video Archive

SOEST is a great place for research, innovation, exploration, and education. We are leading advances in understanding the ocean, climate, Earth and planets, and developing technologies to help solve energy and resource issues, and to mitigate natural hazards.

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences has been an academic discipline at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa for over 50 years. The department has built an enviable national and international reputation for excellent research and education opportunities.

The Department of Earth Sciences (formerly Geology and Geophysics) has a reputation for high quality education and research through innovative laboratory and field investigations on land and at sea.

The Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering is known nationally and internationally for the quality of research produced and the educational opportunities offered. Our students come from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds with the common objective to apply their prior education and work experience to ocean-related engineering careers.

An introduction to the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM)’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Learn who we are and how we make a difference on the Blue Planet!

As an NSF-sponsored Science and Technology Center, C-MORE strives for a more comprehensive understanding of the diversity and ecological role of microorganisms in the sea. C-MORE’s primary mission is Linking Genomes to Biomes.

Through the development and application of innovative technology, HIGP researchers are exploring Earth from the depths of the oceans to the tops of volcanoes, and throughout the solar system including the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Uniquely situated between reef and deep ocean, HIMB is widely recognized for its contributions to marine biological studies in coral reef ecology, conservation biology, molecular evolution, aquaculture, biogeochemistry, bioacoustics, and marine animal behavior physiology.

Operating two of only eight deep-diving submersibles in the world, HURL provides safe, efficient, cutting-edge submergence capability. HURL supports proposals to conduct undersea research in waters of the Hawaiian Islands and of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific.

CIMAR was established to pursue the common research interests of NOAA and University of Hawai‘i in oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical research. Major areas of research in CIMAR include ecosystem forecasting, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem-based management, protection and restoration of resources, equatorial oceanography, climate research and impacts, tropical meteorology, and tsunami and other long-period ocean waves.

The state of the ocean and beaches throughout the Pacific Islands Region affect our economies, our environment, and public health and safety. PacIOOS provides scientific information needed to positively affect how we live, work and play in, as well as how we care for our ocean home.

University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program supports an innovative program of research, extension, education, and communication services directed to the improved understanding and stewardship of coastal and marine resources.

A brief overview of the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute’s and & UH’s involvement in efforts at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) off Kāneʻohe, including support to the deployment of multiple pre-commercial wave energy converters (WECs).  Additionally, brief introductions are provided on each of our Navy-funded internal research projects on WEC developments of relevance to Navy applications, including a floating flap system, a floating oscillating water column (OWC) device, and a fixed OWC device integrated with a breakwater structure.

Introducing Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute’s work on Hālona, a floating oscillating water column (OWC) device intended to provide power offshore, for such applications as autonomous vehicle recharging, aquaculture, and environmental/oceanographic sensing systems.  The OWC is based on a chamber filled with air that is forced through a turbine by the motion of the waves.  Halona is named for the Halona Blowhole on Oahu, which is quite similar in principle.

The Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute is working on a breakwater project that is based on the idea that when new coastal protection infrastructure, such as a breakwater, is built, as sea levels rise, it presents an opportunity to integrate wave energy conversion (WEC) technology into such structures.  Our focus is on a “curtain pile” breakwater, which allows exchange of water from the sea to the harbor side (healthier for the environment than a typical breakwater) and incorporates modular chambers outfitted with air turbines – a series of oscillating water columns (OWC) WECs.

This FOSWEC project at the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute centers around the development and testing of a floating flap-type WEC mounted on a stable platform offshore.  This fixed version of this type of WEC is typically deployed in very shallow waters close to a beach, but by mooring it offshore, it can have relevance to Navy offshore power needs in deeper water, expanding its potential utility.  The WEC function is based the back and forth – surge – motion of the waves.

The ocean has the potential to power our planet – and the race is on to harness it. A video produced by Freethink features University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa wave energy research and innovation. With funding through the Applied Research Laboratory, the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute – HNEI provides critical research and logistical support to the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), off Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i.

University of Hawaii at Manoa students in Assistant Professor Alison Nugent’s atmospheric science class launch a weather balloon each semester to learn the state of the upper atmosphere, which is vital for forecasting weather on the ground.

Milton Garces, director of the Infrasound Laboratory at SOEST’s Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, shared the Unheard Sounds of Hawaiian Volcanoes with a group at the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park recently. Listen around 18:00 for a sampling of sounds from Halema’uma’u.

Hawai‘i Island’s Kīlauea volcano is one of the best places on Earth to study processes within basaltic volcanoes. Geology professor Mike Garcia  has been leading studies of Kīlauea for a generation, adding to the extensive knowledge base on this volcano.

G&G graduate student and apprentice navigator Haunani Kane is featured in ʻŌiwi TV’s Voyaging for the Future: Great Barrier Reef, exploring the Great Barrier Reef with HIMB coral researcher Ruth Gates and navigator Nainoa Thompson.

Coral bleaching is a huge threat to the planet’s coral reefs. Instead of dwelling on the doom and gloom, Ruth Gates of HIMB is using cutting edge technology to try to understand the processes at work deep inside coral tissues.

This video by Phil Thompson, associate director of the UHSLC, is part of a science communication-training project to help researchers transform their work into a communications plan that is more accessible for local audiences.

In March 2013, researchers began drilling at 6400′ above sea level in the saddle region of Hawai‘i Island. What they discovered may radically change conventional wisdom regarding the state’s most valuable resource: fresh water.

Hawai‘i is vulnerable to tsunamis and is in the forefront of preparations and research, but the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan led Hawai‘i officials to re-evaluate their plans.

The video about the Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series program (based on work published in the journal Nature Reviews Microbiology) is one of ten finalists in the Ocean180 Film Challenge.

“UH Oceanography Turns 50: OUR ROOTS” is a presentation by David M. Karl, professor of Oceanography and director of C-MORE, on 23 August 2014 covering the “roots”  of the Department from the founding of the University to the founding of the field of study.

Celebrating the generous estate gifts of Victor and Peggy Pavel, including the establishment of the Victor and Peggy Brandstrom Pavel Endowed Chair in Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at SOEST.

The Hawai‘i Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL)’s two manned submersibles are among just eight deep-diving human occupied vehicles in the world. But their operations could come to a halt if new funding doesn’t surface.

HNEI supports the Asia-Pacific Technology and Education Program (APTEP) — centered in Hawai‘i with partnerships in Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Vietnam, and Japan — which focuses on the development of alternative energy technologies.

Brian Glazer, associate professor of Oceanography, is interviewed about an expedition to the youngest volcano in the Hawaiian island chain — Lō‘ihi Seamount, southeast of the island of Hawai‘i, and the role submerged volcanoes play in Earth’s history.

The Simons Foundation has awarded oceanographers Edward DeLong and David Karl $40 million to lead the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE), making it the largest private foundation gift UH had received at that point.

The Unmanned Port Security Vessel (UPSV) is a robotic platform for infrastructure inspection, incident response and recovery, and surveillance in harbors and ports. It was designed and built in Hawai‘i by UH personnel in partnership with Battelle.

In October 2013, the HOT program began its 25th year of sustained ocean measurements at Station ALOHA. The resulting time-resolved suite of measurements fundamentally changed our view of ecosystem variability in the subtropical North Pacific.

Every two years, SOEST opens its doors to school children and families during a two-day long Open House that exposes kids of all ages to the wonders of science, featuring a wide variety of exhibits, activities, and demonstrations.

The Seaver Institute awarded researchers at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) $100,000 to fund a three-year study to discover, document, and characterize deep coral reefs in multiple Pacific locations using advanced rebreather technology.

IPRC researcher Axel Timmermann and UHSLC director Mark Merrifield presented the Fifth IPCC Climate Assessment Report summary findings. C-MORE director David Karl hosted and moderated. All three are professors of Oceanography.

In part one of a two-part episode by UnderH2O, we look at the submersible operation at the Hawai‘i Undersea Research Lab (HURL), and meet Terry Kerby, a legend of the underwater world. Terry has been piloting submarines for over 30 years.

In part two of two-part episode of UnderH2O about the submersible operation at  HURL, we observe the launch and recovery of the Pisces V submersible from the recently-restored LRT (Launch, Recovery, and Transport) Platform.

The HI-SEAS 2013 mission was a food study designed to simulate the living and working experience of astronauts on a four-month Mars mission and to compare crew-cooked vs. pre-prepared food systems as thoroughly as possible.

Not only can hackers access your computer and its files, they can look at you through those built-in cameras. Brian Chee, director of the Advanced Network Computing Lab (ANCL), teaches students about security concepts and techniques.

Scientists at HIMB are using a revolutionary laser scanning confocal microscope to capture images of living corals in a way we have never seen them before, as in this episode of UnderH2O.

This 27-minute educational video illustrates the subaerial and submarine volcanic activity occurring at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i. Written and narrated by Oceanography professor Frank Sansone; photographed by Richard Pyle and Jane Culp.

In March 2013, the HOT program completed its 250th research expedition. After nearly 25 years of near-monthly sampling, these open-ocean measurements serve as an important barometer of global change. This video was Science 360’s video of the day for 25 April 2013!

A reality driven look at energy, economy and environment, this talk by Geology & Geophysics (G&G) Emeritus Professor Fred Duennebier takes an evidence-based look at the next 30 years. This 02-08-13 talk was part of the G&G TGIF seminar series.

The Hawai‘i Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) is leading the way in a historic effort: the first ever space launch from the 50th state. The Super Strypi missile will be the culmination of the efforts from UHM, Kaua‘i CC and Honolulu CC.

Video of the ceremony in celebration of the renaming of C-MORE Hale as “The Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography.”

Congratulations! 2012 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge Honorable Mention for Video went to Christine Farrar, Zac Forsman, Ruth Gates, Jo-Ann Leong, and Robert Toonen, all at HIMB.

Legendary explorer and oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s last dive with HURL and its two manned submersibles, Pisces IV and Pisces V, in waters around Hawai‘i. She passionately explains why we still need manned ocean exploration.

Senator Inouye was an effective advocate for education, research, and outreach. His efforts have greatly enhanced the capacity for research at UH, especially in the area of marine science, including securing funds to construct the R/V Kilo Moana.

HIGP associate researcher Milton Garcés, director of the Infrasound Laboratory, gives a “pop talk” at the AGU 2011 Fall meeting about infrasound: sound generated by many natural phenomena like earthquakes that are too low to be heard by humans.

Jeff Drazen, Craig Smith, and others captured extraordinary video of an 18-foot deep-sea six-gill shark (Hexanchus griseus) during a 2006 research dive off Moloka‘i. The animal  bumped into the HURL submersible while it was at a depth of 3,300 feet.

Aragonite saturation at the ocean’s surface is projected to decrease towards the end of the 21st century as man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to rise, according to a study by a team of IPRC scientists.

In August 2002, HURL discovered the Japanese midget sub that was shot and sunk outside of Pearl Harbor approximately one hour before the air raid on 07 December 1941. The sub was in excellent condition, virtually untouched for over sixty years.

IPRC senior researcher Nikolai Maximenko spoke about the current status of the tsunami debris that the Great Tohoku Earthquake generated. Maximenko and scientific computer programmer Jan Hafner predict debris could reach the NW Hawaiian Islands in early 2013.