Since 2014, the Smith Lab has been collecting large area imagery to monitor the coral reefs of Maui’s leeward (protected) coast using structure from motion (SfM) technology. Through this work, researchers have captured how the reefs grow and change through time in the midst of a variety of global and local disturbances and stressors. Most notably, this time-series is the … Read More
Reflections on COP 27: What I learned as an observer at the Global Climate Conference
A few weeks ago, I returned from the UN climate conference, also known as the 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27), which was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt this November. I was lucky enough to attend as part of the University of California’s observer delegation along with more than a dozen other students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As … Read More
Another year, another Maui trip!
Aloha! Our lab just got back from our annual field work trip to Maui, and we have a lot to report! We’ve been visiting Maui for over a decade to monitor coral reefs along the island’s leeward (sheltered from the wind) coast. We return to the same sites year after year and take thousands of pictures of each reef. When … Read More
