KHNL News Reports: Kauai Coral Under Attack Dr. Greta Aeby, who headed up the fast-response team that flew to Kauai last week, spoke on KHNL news about Kauai’s outbreak of this white coral disease and her team’s efforts to study and control it. The video of the news segment along with more information can be Read More …
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Listening to the Ocean
Listening to the Ocean PhD students Simon and Lauren Freeman, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, have been recording the sounds made by marine critters off the coast of Kauai and other Hawaiian Islands. They’ve been placing hydrophones offshore over the last few weeks to create a ‘soundscape’ of Kauai
UH / USGS Rapid Response Team Field Study
UH / USGS Rapid Response Team Field Study Last weekend, Greta Aeby, head of UH marine biology department, her assistant Amanda and Thierry Work, head of Infectious Disease for the USGS were in Kauai on my behalf to do a major coral disease study at Anini Beach.
Rapid Response Team to (Finally) Address Coral Disease
Rapid Response Team to Address Coral Disease Terry was on KITV News last night, describing a bacterial infection killing Kauai’s extensive reef systems at an accelerated rate. Terry’s documentation of the spread of this white coral disease over the last two years has finally resulted in a rapid response team of scientists from UH at Read More …
Phillippines Dive
Terry was the dive master on a recent dive in the Phillippines. These amazing creatures greeted Terry and his friends. The short video, Octopus’ Garden depicts their adventures under the sea.
Kauai Turtles in Trouble
Today many of our turtles are growing tumors on their faces and in their throats, causing starvation and eventual death. This outbreak coincides with the extremely rapid bacterial infection of Kauai’s reefs.
Anini Reef Dying Quickly
We did a dive yesterday at Anini Reef and this infectious coral disease has spread all over the reef. One year ago there were 2 infections in our 100 meter transect. Four weeks ago there was 80 infections and now almost every coral is infected! This is over 500 beautiful rice corals! The disease is Read More …
Sharks At Tunnels Reef
Tunnels Reef on the north shore of Kauai is a magical place to scuba dive and surf. It is actually a sunken volcano. You surf along the outer edge of this volcano where it is only a few feet deep but drops down to the bottom at 50 feet deep.
Pipeline Dream
This video from Pipeline in Feb. 2012 was the best body boarding I have ever seen! I am doing an underwater video series about the reefs and marine life at our favorite surf spots called “Under The Surf, Surf Movie”.
Under the Surf -Surf Movie
This short video is a one of a kind! Each surf reef has its own ecosystem under the waves and these reefs are rarely documented until now. I use a small HD video camera to video the reefs at Pipeline, Wiamea Sunset Beach and other surf spots in Oahu and Kauai.
A Little Aloha From Kauai
Hi Ocean Lovers, Check out this Pipeline footage I shot two weeks ago of the best body board contest ever, along with some fun music! I was in Oahu shooting my next video all about the reefs under the famous surf spots for my next video, called “Under The Surf, Surf Movie”.
Kauai North Shore Corals Damaged
Our corals are dying on the north shore of Kauai and we all need to work together to fix the problem if we want our grand children to see a coral reef and healthy marine ecosystem. For thousands of years Hawaiians took care of the sea but over the last 100 years we have not Read More …