Whale carcasses create a rich life-supporting deep-sea ecosystem similar to the chemosynthetic habitats found at undersea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents.

UH scientists participated as a new underwater vehicle visited the deep sea Mariana Trench for the first time since 1998.

Two groups of University of Hawaiʻi scientists are involved in research related to NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon.

Grounding students in the work of ocean scientists.

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Scientist lives underwater to study sponges. Part 2 of a series on faculty members’ unusual working conditions.

Scientist Klaus Keil’s contributions to geologic soil sample analysis continue, based on the solid state energy dispersive spectrometer he helped develop in 1968.

The Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education program, in partnership with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaiʻi (B.E.A.C.H.), hosts a series of lectures about the pervasive problem of marine debris.

What if tiny ocean organisms could whisk away excess greenhouse gasses? It’s a big idea to deal with a big problem, which is why Discovery Channel included a University of Hawaiʻi research cruise in the inaugural lineup of its new series, Discovery Project Earth.