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Marine & Environmental Geology Division (MEG)

Marine & Environmental Geology Division (MEG). Objectives Research Overview Challenges & opportunities across the research spectrum Looking to the future. Research Overview I. Hydrology/ El-Kadi

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Marine & Environmental Geology Division (MEG)

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  1. Marine & Environmental Geology Division (MEG) • Objectives • Research Overview • Challenges & opportunities across the research spectrum • Looking to the future

  2. Research Overview I • Hydrology/ El-Kadi • Intentional tracer release (Helium); Contaminant assessment & remediation; Modeling and parameter estimation: groundwater flow, flooding & landslides. • Coastal Geology/ Fletcher • Carbonate geology and paleoclimate (sea level history, reef paleoecology); Research issues applied to coastal management (eg. land use, sand management, coastal hazards); Modeling coastal change. • Planetary & Evolutionary Biology/ Gaidos • Astrobiology/Habitable Planets; Microbiology of Coral Reefs & Sub-glacial lakes; Deep roots of animal evolution (placozoa)

  3. Research Overview II • Nutrient cycling past & present/ Glenn • Submarine groundwater/nutrient discharge; geologic record of coastal upwelling; mineral authigenesis/phosphorites. • Stable isotope biogeochemsitry/ Popp • Paleoproxy development (C02, temperatue & salinty); Stable isotope ecology (pelagic & reef fish; invertebrates & aquaculture); Nutrient cycles (N-fixation; denitrification and nitrification). • Marine sediment geochemistry/ Ravizza • Osmium isotope & platinum group elements; Extreme climate events in Earth history; Chemostratigraphy • Paleontology/ Stanley & Engels • Earth History; Evolution & extinction; Biomineralization and seawater chemistry; Paleo-ecology.

  4. Broad Extra-MEG Collaboration - some examples • VGP/G&T - analytical, modeling collaborations. • HIGP - remote sensing/planetary. • HIMB - physiology & ecosystem studies. • Oceanography - biogeochemistry/microbiology • Water Resources Research Center - contaminant transport and remediation. Extra-division collaboration easily surpasses intra-division collaboration, reflecting the great breadth of work done within MEG.

  5. Pure service….

  6. Pure science Finding Earth size planets orbiting distant stars Science 10/11/07

  7. Summary • We are a group of remarkable breadth tied together by research interests in modern and ancient surficial processes. • We collaborate broadly across SOEST and UH. • We provide essential advice to the state on local policy matters. • We are nationally and internationally recognized for research excellence. • We teach a lot too…

  8. How might we build upon our successes? • Better integration across the “research spectrum”. • Hires in key areas: Hydrogeology (Ali presentation), Watershed processes; Biogeochemical cycles; a MEG YIP • An integrated funding approach • Seek state support for graduate students in Coastal/Climate/Environmental research NOT tied to specific projects. • Piggyback pure scholarship on “state needs” project infrastructure. • Flexible funding & seed money is always essential - .

  9. Both…… Groundwater Discharge in Hawaiian Coastal Waters Craig Glenn (Submitted, 2007)

  10. Research spectrum • Hawaii centric programs - meeting state needs; accounts for majority of graduate student population; expanding need locally and globally. • Curiosity driven research - motivated by intellectually significant questions but often without immediate application; these types of projects tend to garner the most scholarly attention nationally & internationally; highly competitive/tight funding. • Most projects fall somewhere in between the above “end members”.

  11. A way forward • Q: How might we build upon our successes?

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