By Peter Duff ’20 On our sixth day on the island, we had a singular mission; ascend Mauna Kea, and do so in one piece. Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano, stretching ear-popping 13800 feet into […]
By Peter Duff ’20 On our sixth day on the island, we had a singular mission; ascend Mauna Kea, and do so in one piece. Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano, stretching ear-popping 13800 feet into […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 REX Day 5: Mauna Kea! Today, we drove up Mauna Kea, the second-highest mountain on the island. At the top, there was none of the heat nor humidity we have come to […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Leilani Estates was right by the Fissure 8, the most destructive fissure during this past summer’s lava flows. The surrounding area has been transformed into volcanic glass; it is dangerous, unstable, and […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Today was an exciting disappointment. We were originally supposed to head over to Leilani to see newly formed lava fields, but never got a call back on whether today was okay for […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 TREX is an incredible opportunity to learn about the environment, climate, and how human interactions affect each, but we would be remiss if we came to Hawaii for two weeks and never […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Today was a pants kind of day. Our group started off adventuring into the woods behind the house to take something called a transect. Professor Dave Des Marais walked 50 feet straight […]
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[fusion_text]By: Sierra Rosenzweig ’20 The locals say magnetic island got its name because Captain Cook’s compass went on the fritz as he approached the island, making him wonder if the island had a magnetic effect that […]
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[fusion_text]By: Sierra Rosenzweig ’20 The Great Barrier Reef has been ravished by outbreaks of the same spiny predator since the1960s. The Crown of Thorns starfish explode in numbers approximately every 17 years and consume vast areas […]
[fusion_text]By Zoe Lallas ’20 Despite being hard at work all week long, the students of the MIT Great Barrier Reef Initiative have still found time to go on adventures and explore our surroundings. This past Saturday […]
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By Zoe Lallas ’20 This weekend found four-fifths of the MIT Great Barrier Reef Initiative just about four hours south of our home in Townsville in the Whitsunday Islands on a boat. Eager to explore Australia […]
By Zoe Lallas ’20 Working at the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS) the past two months has been full of learning experiences and odd jobs. Each member of the Great Barrier Reef Initiative was able […]
[fusion_text]By Amber VanHemel ’19 After a 45-minute drive, we pulled up to a cattle farm in Woodstock, Australia. However, this is not your typical farm…it is actually a research facility that belongs to Commonwealth Scientific and […]