Ka Pili Kai. University of Hawaiÿi Sea Grant College Program Vol. 35, No. 2 Summer Years of Discovery, Innovation, and Service

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1 Ka Pili Kai University of Hawaiÿi Sea Grant College Program Vol. 35, No. 2 Summer Years of Discovery, Innovation, and Service

2 University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program Ka Pili Kai Contents Vol. 35 No Looking to the Past Hanauma Bay Education Program From the Sea Grant Archives... Past Innovations Pioneer the Future of Deep Seawater Cooling Technologies Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikıkı ˉ ˉ Tsunami Research: Protecting Coastal Communities An Interview with Rob Mullane When looking to the future it is always helpful to learn from the lessons of the past, from our ancestors, and from the people who have touched our lives and who were instrumental in shaping our vision. In this issue we look back at the 45 years since our humble beginnings (University of Hawai i Sea Grant Program opened its doors in 1968 and was awarded Sea Grant College status in 1972) and touch on just a few of the people and projects that changed our course and reset our path. While our projects change frequently, and even our areas of focus change and evolve over time, the unwavering commitment to the people of the state and the region has remained constant since 1968 which is reflected in the pages of this issue. Cindy Knapman Communications Leader Ka Pili Kai (ISSN X) is published quarterly by the University of Hawaiÿi Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). UH Sea Grant is a unique partnership of university, government, and industry, focusing on marine research, education and advisory/extension services. University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program 2525 Correa Road, HIG 208 Honolulu, HI Director: E. Gordon Grau, PhD Communications Leader: Cindy Knapman Multimedia Specialist: Heather Dudock Periodicals postage paid at Honolulu, HI Postmaster: Send address changes to: Ka Pili Kai, 2525 Correa Road, HIG 208 Honolulu, HI (808) ; fax: (808) uhsgcomm@hawaii.edu The University of Hawaiÿi was designated a Sea Grant College in 1972, following the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of Ka Pili Kai is funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, project C/CC-1, sponsored by the University of Hawaiÿi Sea Grant College Program/SOEST, under Institutional Grant No. NA05OAR from the NOAA Office of Sea Grant, Department of Commerce. The views expressed herein are those of the authors only. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-NP Ka Pili Kai Editor: Cindy Knapman Layout and Design: Heather Dudock On the Cover: Hanauma Bay, From the Hanauma Bay photo archives, courtesy of BJ Willis. Left: Attending the ceremonies in recognition of the University of Hawai i becoming the 5th Sea Grant College, held October 17, 1972 at the East-West Center, were (in order left-to-right) Lt. Governor George Ariyoshi, Dean of Marine Programs Dr. John P. Craven; U.S. Senator Hiram Fong; UH President Harlan Cleveland; Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dr. Robert White; and Director of the University of Hawai i Sea Grant Program Dr. Jack R Davidson. 2 Ka Pili Kai

3 University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program Looking to the Past By Jack R. Davidson, UH Sea Grant College Program Director from After over four decades of providing funding and leadership for worthwhile marine research, extension, and education programs, the University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant) stands alone in the uniqueness of its contributions to the well-being of Hawai i s people. More than any other coastal program, UH Sea Grant has awakened Hawai i to its rich marine potential and responsibilities, and prepared a citizenry to use and manage these resources wisely. Indeed, in very real ways, UH Sea Grant accomplishments are responsible for weaving the state's ocean endowment into the fabric that is Hawai i. The influence of UH Sea Grant s many programs extend far beyond the state and region through their excellent contributions to scientific knowledge and content, and formal and informal education. While it would be impossible to touch on the many the ways UH Sea Grant has positively influenced the communities we serve, this document will illustrate only a few noteworthy achievements in an effort to show the wide variety and depth of the projects we have been involved with through the years. It is seldom possible to fully document the range of accomplishments of a good research, extension, or education program since many of the effects are indirect and often lead into other avenues and opportunities. Even the most direct and most easily measured results do not have sharp cutoff points with respect to their societal or peer impacts. Finally, while many funding agencies call for a report of accomplishments of a program within three to five years, full blossoming may take 10, 20, or 30 years and, even then, continue to significantly influence whole chains of future endeavors. A research project may be successful in producing the expected results and creditable scientific publications, but may be ignored by the agencies and business clientele who could benefit from its findings. In some instances it may lie fallow for a number of years until public attention and interest again swerves in that direction. Then it may become valuable both for the information it provided and/or for savings in time and resources needed to recreate it. Finally, a valid test of a hypothesis that fails may still be valuable in closing a line of inquiry and opening another door. UH Sea Grant is a partnership program which in many ways is more than the sum of its parts, more than a one of its kind federal mission and source of funding, more than a university program, and even more than the missions and resources provided by its other partners. UH Sea Grant has drawn the interest and commitment of a unique group of highly motivated people administrators, extension faculty, marine and coastal scientists, educators, and staff, who through their efforts, commitment, and love for their work, the islands and their people, amplify the Sea Grant mission to a level unparalleled in the network of Sea Grant universities. The projects and programs presented here were chosen to show UH Sea Grant in terms of its unique achievements in coastal and marine knowledge, institutions, and people. 3 Ka Pili Kai

4 Serving Hawai i for Over 40 Years The Hanauma Bay Education Program Hanauma Bay is a world-renowned marine conservation area, famous for its spectacular scenery and for being home to some of the most colorful and unique marine life in the world. Hanauma Bay s natural beauty is the very reason why nearly one million visitors visit the bay annually. The Hanauma Bay Education Program (HBEP) is a project of the University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant) that achieves conservation through education. For the past 23 years, HBEP has educated millions of visitors about the bay s ocean life, reef etiquette, natural history, and value to the Hawaiian culture. The scope of the education program has grown from humble beginnings as a grassroots community effort to a comprehensive visitor education program. In 1990, recognizing the damage to the bay from years of neglect and abuse by the millions of annual visitors, a unique partnership was formed between UH Sea Grant, the City and County of Honolulu, and the Friends of Hanauma Bay, a grassroots organization consisting of concerned citizens. The group laid out a plan to restore the health of Hanauma Bay and to protect it as a valuable resource. Also in 1990, the City and County of Honolulu initiated its comprehensive management plan for Hanauma Bay establishing measures to reduce unsustainable use of the bay. One component of the plan appointed UH Sea Grant to administer the education program capable of educating thousands of daily visitors to the bay. In 1967, the State of Hawai i declared Hanauma Bay the state s first Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD). Over the years, Hanauma Bay s popularity grew to unsustainable proportions. During peak periods in the late 1980 s, the nature preserve experienced as many as 10,000 visitors per day, which translated to three million visitors per year. Hanauma Bay s natural resources were heavily impacted by overuse and a lack of knowledge by users regarding actions they could take to protect the bay. 4 Ka Pili Kai

5 The education program began with a parttime educator and dedicated community volunteers. By the late 1990 s, they were sharing conservation messages on user etiquette through portable displays and an information desk located on the beach. However, the education team was able to reach only a fraction of the bay s users. In 2002, the City and County of Honolulu opened the bay s state-of-the-art education center. The center features interactive touch screen learning tools, three-dimensional volcanic and geological displays, and historical displays to engage the visiting public and allow them to explore Hanauma Bay s diverse natural resources. With the new award-winning education center came the ability to educate 100 percent of the bay s users by requiring each user to view an orientation video. The video discusses natural history, conservation, reef etiquette (e.g., don t step on the corals), and ocean safety. It showcases the unique marine life found in the bay and the ways that each individual can reduce their environmental impact or footprint. Prior to implementing the orientation video, park staff estimated approximately half of Hanauma Bay s users stood or walked on the reef, not realizing that they were damaging corals and other living organisms. Since the implementation of the orientation video, reef trampling by bay users has been reduced to less than two percent. It is clear that increased knowledge and awareness has profoundly improved the health of Hanauma Bay s nearshore environment. Community involvement has been instrumental in assisting the city government with understanding how management decisions impact the operations of Hanauma Bay, and ultimately the health of the coral reef ecosystem. The education program today consists of a team of highly trained UH Sea Grant staff and over 120 community volunteers that provide a top-notch educational experience at the bay. In 2012, volunteers contributed a total of 12,100 hours. The education program s high quality volunteer support has been maintained by HBEP for over 20 years. Today, Hanauma Bay serves as an example of how county government, community organizations, and academia can work together to form a successful, sustained partnership. Hanauma Bay is known worldwide as a highly successful model for the conservation of natural resources through education at a popular tourist destination. Government officials, managers, universities, and non-governmental organizations from around the world have visited Hanauma Bay over the years to learn about the integration of sustainable tourism with marine resource conservation so that they may apply this information to the management of their own natural resources. Hanauma Bay is currently reaping the benefits of over two decades of management, conservation, and education efforts to recover its marine environment. The year 2013 marked 11 years since the opening of the education center. Over the past decade, over 10 million visitors have been educated on their way to the beach. 5 Ka Pili Kai

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10 Past Innovations Pioneer the Future of Deep Seawater Cooling Technologies with it for another use. It was at this point, in the early years of the 1980 s that Dr. Fast successfully created the world s first Sea Water Air Conditioning Unit (SWAU). The prototype SWAU consisted of two components, an old truck radiator and a household box fan. It worked by pumping cold seawater through the radiator s coils and blowing hot room air over the same coils. The radiator transferred heat from the hot lab air into cold seawater flowing through these coils, while the box fan circulated air over the coils. The system also dehumidified air in the van as moisture condensed as freshwater on the outside of the cold coils. Cramped and perspiring in the stifling heat of his small Keahole laboratory van nestled amidst an endless expanse of lava, University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant) funded researcher, Dr. Arlo W. Fast, worked diligently on his most current aquaculture project: growing Pacific Northwest salmon using cold, deep seawater pumped from the depths. In their cool water habitat at the site, the salmon were thriving. In his oppressively humid work surroundings, Dr. Fast was in need of relief from the heat. After several months of high electricity bills using an unreliable and mostly non-functioning conventional air conditioning unit, Dr. Fast took action. He was already familiar with the benefits of using deep seawater for aquaculture applications, so Dr. Fast began experimenting This SWAU used the same cold seawater at 40 F that was pumped from 2,000 foot ocean depths on the leeward coast of the Big Island by Natural Energy Laboratories of Hawai i Authority (NELHA) where Dr. Fast was conducting his fish research. At the end of the month, our air conditioning costs with the SWAU system were only about 30 percent of what they had been while using conventional air conditioning that usually did not work, noted Dr. Fast. Years later, NELHA, a pioneer in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) research, successfully employed a larger-scale version of the SWAU at their facilities using the same cold seawater. Today, deep seawater cooling technology is recognized as a sustainable and economic way to cool entire buildings and, in some cases, entire cities. From its humble beginnings as Dr. Fast s innovative SWAU using deep seawater while working on a project for UH Sea Grant, to the implementation of such technology into downtown Honolulu buildings and cities around the world, the future of deep seawater cooling technology will provide environmental and economic benefits to a growing number of coastal communities. 10 Ka Pili Kai

11 Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikıkı ˉ ˉ The University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant) Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism is collaborating with other schools and departments in the university, industry, and the State of Hawai i on a project to study the feasibility of using cold seawater to air condition buildings in Waikïkï. Traditional air conditioning systems require large amounts of energy to cool air to the desired temperature. In contrast, seawater air conditioning (SWAC) harnesses the cooling properties of cold seawater to achieve the same purpose, reducing the amount of electricity required. SWAC is particularly relevant to Hawai i, where the close proximity of deep, cold, ocean water to areas of high population make it an ideal location to implement the technology. In addition, the first seawater air conditioning unit was invented by a UH Sea Grant researcher in the early 1980 s. For large buildings and hotels, particularly in tropical climates, air conditioning (AC) represents the single major source of energy demand. Fortytwo percent of typical Hawai i hotel energy consumption goes toward AC. The potential energy savings associated with SWAC represent a sizable economic incentive while associated greenhouse gas emission reductions have both environmental and economic benefits in the face of state and national carbon regulation. Researchers at the University of Hawai i at Mänoa recently concluded a study into the potential for SWAC in Waikïkï. The study was led by UH Sea Grant in partnership with the Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawai i (UHERO) to investigate various aspects of seawater air conditioning and its applicability to Waikïkï. In examining the appropriateness of SWAC technology, researchers compared SWAC with business as usual and various renewable energy and other energy efficiency options. Each option was analyzed in terms of: 1) generation capacity; 2) applicability to existing policy standards; 3) economic factors; 4) environmental and social factors; and 5) energy and supply security. According to the findings of the report, while SWAC may be more costly than other efficiency/ conservation options, its ability to provide an uninterrupted supply of cool air gives it a solid advantage over the use of more intermittent renewable energy technologies (such as wind and solar power) for air conditioning purposes. For Waikïkï, where demand for air conditioning is constant, SWAC has the potential to decrease the cost of air conditioning and reduce the amount of harmful emissions that are released as a byproduct of generating electricity from fossil fuels. For a copy of the report or to learn more about SWAC please visit: 11 Ka Pili Kai

12 Serving Hawai i for Over 40 Years Hawaiian Islands Tsunami Research: Protecting Coastal Communities Tsunamis pose a severe threat to coastal communities and often give very little warning time. Forecasting the tsunami impacts in its early stage as well as mapping of potential inundation zones are critical in preparing for the hazard. In partnership with researchers, educators, and outreach specialists, UH Sea Grant strives to protect island and coastal communities from tsunamis and other destructive natural hazards. Thanks in large part to Dr. Kwok Fai Cheung, UH Sea Grant researcher, and his former students and Sea Grant graduate trainees Drs. Yong Wei and Yoshiki Yamazaki, residents living along the coast are now better prepared to react appropriately to the potential threat. Located in the middle of the Pacific Basin, the Hawaiian Islands are vulnerable to tsunamis from all possible directions. Under Dr. Cheung s guidance, Dr. Wei developed a tsunami forecast model that utilizes water-level measurements from a tsunami in progress to predict the impacts at strategic locations anywhere in the ocean. If, for example, a powerful earthquake in the Aleutian Islands generated a tsunami, Dr. Wei s forecast model can estimate the height of the waves that will reach the shores of O ahu and the potential inundation at selected coastlines. In 12 Ka Pili Kai the past, information on the height of the tsunami was not available until long after the tsunami struck or the threat had passed. This is critical to the emergency planning of those living on or near the coastline, as it provides residents with information of potential tsunami inundation in their area prior to an actual tsunami event. Dr. Cheung had collaborated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in the formulation of its tsunami forecasting tool in the early 2000s. Dr. Wei subsequently joined PMEL and is currently the lead scientist in charge of the development and Photo courtesy of NOAA

13 operation of the tsunami forecast models in NOAA s Short-term Inundation Forecast for Tsunami (SIFT), which provides wave height and inundation forecast guidance to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. Dr. Wei s team is currently extending the forecast models to include coastal currents in support of marine vessel evacuation during a tsunami warning. He also serves as an advisor to the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center of China on the implementation of a forecast system for tsunamis originating in the South China Sea. Dr. Cheung has been working to develop a tsunami inundation model that can identify the coastal communities most vulnerable to tsunami events for evacuation during a tsunami warning. Under his guidance, Dr. Yamazaki has developed the NEOWAVE (Non-hydrostatic Evolution of Ocean Waves) code for modeling of tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. NEOWAVE has been validated against the benchmarks put forth by the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program and approved by NOAA as an official model for tsunami inundation mapping in the U.S. and its territories. Most importantly, NEOWAVE was entered in the 2009 Benchmark Challenge at the Inundation Science and Engineering Cooperative Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This is a premier workshop in the inundation modeling community that was held only four times since NEOWAVE correctly reproduced the energetic breaking waves and hydraulic processes over complex reef systems in the Tsunami Wave Basin at Oregon State University and won the competition from more than 10 numerical models developed in the U.S. and Europe. NEOWAVE is now a community model maintained at the University of Hawai i with an international user group of scientists and engineers. It has been used for tsunami inundation mapping in Hawai i, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Gulf Coast states, British Columbia, and Chile. In particular, Drs. Cheung and Yamazaki have been working closely with Chilean navy oceanographers and university researchers on the implementation of NEOWAVE for tsunami forecasting and inundation mapping for several years. UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission has since distributed NEOWAVE to universities and government agencies in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Nicaragua, and in collaboration with the University of Chile and the Chilean Navy, organized training workshops to NEOWAVE users in South and Central America. An unexpected outcome of the research is the increasing utilization of NEOWAVE in the seismological community as a tool to investigate and reconstruct megathrust faulting mechanisms. Most notably, seismologists from the University of California Santa Cruz and California Institute of Technology collaborated with Drs. Cheung and Yamazaki and developed self-consistent rupture models of the 2011 Tohoku earthquakes that have attracted worldwide attention. The results of the research on tsunami forecasting and inundation modeling have had far-reaching impacts on local government agencies, private organizations, land management and natural hazard preparation. This is an integral part of the work conducted by UH Sea Grant, which is to serve the needs of coastal communities in an innovative, sustainable, and culturally sensitive manner. Tsunami preparedness continues to be an issue of critical concern in Hawai i and throughout the world, and UH Sea Grant is committed to supporting the tsunami research and forecasting technology of today that will protect coastal residents now and in the future. 13 Ka Pili Kai

14 University of Hawai i Sea G r Question: What is your background? An Interview with Rob Mullane By Cindy Knapman,UH Sea Grant Communications Leader Rob Mullane, AICP, who has dedicated his career to helping coastal communities plan effective and forward-thinking shoreline management plans and policies, started fresh out of graduate school as a University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program coastal processes extension agent. While he has lived in many beautiful places, including Hawai i and various locations throughout California, he is thrilled to be settling down in Carmel-by-the Sea as the town s community planning and building director. After only two weeks on the job (he started in late August 2013) he already feels incredibly fortunate to be living in an area with such charm, internationally-renown cache, and, perhaps most importantly, a strong sense of place after many years of careful planning and design. Question: When did you first become affiliated with UH Sea Grant? Answer: I joined the University of Hawai i Sea Grant as a coastal processes extension agent in September 1996, shortly after completing my master s degree in geology and geophysics at UH Mänoa. Answer: I went to Duke University for my undergraduate studies, graduating with a bachelor s degree in geology in Afterwards I decided to further my studies and enrolled at UH Mänoa in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology s Department of Geology and Geophysics. I had an interest in coastal erosion and beach loss, having taken a couple of courses at Duke with Orrin Pilkey, who was a pioneer in studies of beach loss on East Coast barrier islands, and an advocate of finding better solutions to coastal erosion than simply hardening the shoreline with seawalls and other coastal engineering structures. Shortly after arriving at UH I met Chip Fletcher who had just received a multi-year grant to study shoreline change and coastal hazards from the U.S. Geological Survey and was looking for graduate students to assist with this research. He and I discussed the need to update and broaden a study of shoreline changes on O ahu that Dennis Hwang had done in the 1980s, and we decided that this would be a good topic for my master s thesis. My thesis was a study of coastal erosion and beach loss on O ahu and documented the extent of beach narrowing and loss that had occurred on O ahu since the 1920s, and attributed much of this beach loss to insufficient shoreline setbacks for development along the coast. Question: Why were you interested in applying for the extension agent position on Maui? Answer: With the devastation that Hurricane Iniki had caused on Kaua i the year prior, coastal hazards and a need for more effective shoreline management plans and policies was very much on the radars of the State of Hawai i Department of Land and Natural Resources and the various county councils and planning commissions, particularly on Maui. Chip was speaking and presenting to various elected and appointed decision-makers on coastal hazard mitigation with increasing frequency throughout my 14 Ka Pili Kai

15 a n t College Program Alumni graduate studies. Since I was studying coastal erosion and coastal hazards, I accompanied Chip on many of these presentations. By the time I was nearing the completion of my master s degree, it was clear that there was a substantial need for technical assistance to not only the various state and county planning agencies, but also for community groups and residents who were concerned about erosion and looking for options for addressing local erosion hotspots. Such technical assistance was squarely within the mission of Sea Grant, and after a few meetings between Chip and Bruce Miller, who was the head of the UH Sea Grant Extension Service at that time, a new Sea Grant position was created: coastal processes extension agent. The position was jointly funded by UH Sea Grant, the County of Maui, and the U.S. Department of Interior s Office of Insular Affairs. Maui Community College provided in-kind support in the form of an office at their Wailuku campus. Key supporters of the new position included Linda Lingle, who was then Mayor of Maui County, Robbie Ann Kane, who was a member of Lingle s administration as the director of the Maui County Office of Economic Development, and Clyde Sakamoto, the Provost of Maui Community College. I applied for the position, was hired by UH Sea Grant, and started in September The new position meshed very well with my graduate studies and was an amazing opportunity for a recent graduate to work on a variety of complex and politically-challenging coastal zone management issues. Fresh out of graduate school, I found myself presenting recommendations for more effective shoreline development policies and strategies before the Maui County Planning Commission, Maui County Council, community groups, and business interests such as the Kä anapali hotels association; working closely with the staff of the Maui County Planning Department reviewing individual shoreline development projects, helping formulate more effective shoreline development policies for Community Plans in the County General Plan; conducting site-specific studies of coastal erosion for erosion hotspots; and working towards developing a wider range of options for mitigating coastal erosion and other coastal hazards, such as with beach replenishment. Question: Do you use any of the skills you gained from that position in your current position as planning director? Answer: Every day. Effective planning needs to be community-based and community-sensitive, but also backed by the best available information. The decision-makers need to have a good understanding of the issue and various options in how to address the issue. Providing ample opportunity for public input is also critically important to fully vet any issues or potential controversy, as well as to allow for the decision-makers to take this into account before rendering a decision or initiating a new course of action. Working with so many different agencies and groups throughout Hawai i and the Pacific helped me understand each community s needs and develop an approach that is sensitive to that community s unique characteristics. Planning also involves a great deal of conflict resolution, which was a large part of what I was involved in while serving as an extension agent. Sea Grant s emphasis on sustainability was fairly cutting-edge at the time; however, sustainability is now mainstream, especially here in California, where we are actively addressing issues such as long-term viability of our water and energy supplies, reducing congestion by developing viable options for transit and other alternative transportation modes, reduction of our waste stream through more efficient recycling and reuse efforts, and preparing for impacts of global climate change. Question: What are your main responsibilities as planning director? Answer: As Carmel-by-the-Sea s community planning and building director, I am responsible for the review and processing of development applications, long-range planning efforts such as updates to our General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, ensuring that building is done safely and in compliance with all applicable building codes, and for our Code Compliance Division. It s quite a bit, but we have a talented and dedicated staff. 15 Ka Pili Kai

16 Read Ka Pili Kai online at: Pili Kai Ka Pili Kai (ISSN X) University of Hawai i Sea Grant College Program 2525 Correa Road, HIG 208 Honolulu, HI Subscription/publication request (also available online ) Publication title/ ID number Your Address Na mea like ole It's time for SOEST Open House! Have you ever dreamed about becoming an oceanographer for a day? Have you wondered what a real meteorite from Mars looks like, or what the scientists see when they are in a submersible 6,000 feet underwater? On Friday, October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2013 you will have the opportunity to learn about these topics and more at the 12th biennial SOEST Open House. Hosted by the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai i at Mãnoa, university faculty, students and staff will share their knowledge of ocean, earth, atmosphere, and space sciences through entertaining and educational hands-on activities that are guaranteed to be fun for the whole family! Come learn about volcanoes, tsunamis, planetary exploration, coral reefs, alternative energy, and sailing canoes, to name just a few. For more information, please call or openhouse@soest.hawaii.edu. ww.soest.hawaii.edu/openhouse Recycled Paper Ka Pili Kai is printed on recycled paper with soy based inks 16 Ka Pili Kai Find, follow, and watch UH Sea Grant on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!