School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST

06/20/2026

PacIOOS is excited to feature the Pacific Regional Partnership initiative as we lead up to Ocean Data Day on June 25!

The Pacific Regional Ocean Partnership (PROP) is a data-sharing initiative in partnership with PacIOOS and U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.

PROP focuses on creating tools and providing resources for various coastal and marine planning purposes.

Today, we are introducing the American Samoa Marine Forecast Map tool: https://prop.pacioos.org/map/as_forecast

This forecast map incorporates the PacIOOS' Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN), WaveWatchIII (WW3), Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS), and Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model products for American Samoa.

The regional marine forecast maps are still in development and will continue to grow and evolve to respond to stakeholder needs and current regional planning/policy issues and trends.



Port Administration American Samoa | U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System

06/18/2026

06/17/2026

A cohort of 10 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa undergraduates was selected to participate in the inaugural LUNADS — Lunar Undergraduate/graduate missioN Architecture Design Seminar, a competitive national program run by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) under NASA’s Solar Syste...

06/17/2026

Mark your calendars for a very special, free event on June 25 from 5:30-7:30pm! Join us for a screening of the Gold Telly Award winning Voice of the Sea episode highlighting the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project's amazing work, talk story with the experts, and see footage from Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Projects mission to collect a million pounds of marine debris! Location: Pacific Islands Ocean Exploration Center, The Aloha Tower 5:30-7:30pm National Sea Grant College Program

06/16/2026

For our most recent Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Blog, Pacific RISA specialist Paula Moehlenkamp shares her work to develop practical place-based flood indicators for Palau, which is already seeing regular coastal flooding: https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/blog-1/

06/16/2026

In celebration of World Oceans Day, the Alaska SeaLife Center featured a captivating new exhibit that bridges the worlds of microscopic marine science and fine art

06/14/2026

Join us for our next After Hours Film and Speaker event!
We’ll be hosting an exclusive screening of the Voice of the Sea episode featuring Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (PMDP), the PMDP Mission-to-a-Million video, and a community “talk-story” session.
The Voice of the Sea episode recently won a Gold Telly Award for Not-for-profit and a Silver Telly Award for Nature & Wildlife!
Get a firsthand look at the massive effort it takes to protect one of the most remote and sacred marine sanctuaries in the world from marine debris.
Pupus, drinks, and parking validation will be provided.
• Where: Pacific Islands Ocean Exploration Center
(PIOEC) @ Aloha Tower
17 When: Thursday, June 25th
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Registration: Space is limited! Click the PIOEC link in .hawaii bio, which will lead to their Google Calendar with event info.

06/14/2026

06/13/2026

IOOS Regional Associations provide data and tools that support coastal and ocean safety, hazard mitigation and recovery, and marine ecosystem health.

highlights the value of this data and the people behind it.

On June 25, join IOOS and the 11 Regional Associations in highlighting how you use ocean and coastal data!

Visit https://ioosassociation.org/OceanDataDay/

Explore ways to share how ocean and coastal data are a part of your traditional, cultural, conservation-based, economic, and recreational uses of our incredible ocean ecosystem!



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06/13/2026

https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/seismic-array-following-large-earthquake/

In a rapid response to one of the largest tectonic events to shake Hawaiʻi in decades, scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Earth Sciences have successfully deployed a dense network of temporary seismic sensors across the west flank of Mauna Loa on Hawai‘i Island