By Brian Zgliczynski Members of the 100 Island Challenge team (Nicole Pedersen, Chris Sullivan, Stuart Sandin, and Brian Zgliczynski) returned from an expedition this past August to survey coral reefs at a subset of atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, as well as re-visit several islands in the Southern Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati. This expedition was supported by … Read More
100IC in the Cook Island News
The 100IC Team just returned from the most recent expedition to French Polynesia’s Tuamotu archipelago (Tikehau, Rangiroa, Takapoto) and the Line Islands (Millenium, Vostok, Flint). A newly released article in the Cook Island News highlights the 100 Island Challenge and this particular research trip, which was jointly hosted by Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the Waitt Foundation and included researchers … Read More
Antigua – 2017
Dates: August 26 – September 5, 2017 SIO Divers: Lindsay Bonito & Sho Kodera Lead Organization: Waitt Institute Collaborators: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Tuamotus & Line Islands – 2017
Dates: August 19 – September 5, 2017 SIO Divers: Dr. Stuart Sandin, Dr. Brian Zgliczynski, Nicole Pedersen & Chris Sullivan Lead Organization: Waitt Institute & Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collaborators: Cook Islands Korero O Te ‘Orau, CRIOBE, & The Nature Conservancy
Northern Marianas Islands
By Chris Sullivan 100 Island challenge team member Chris Sullivan recently accompanied NOAA’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) on their Mariana Archipelago Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program scientific expedition across the Northern most islands of the archipelago. This is Chris’s second time visiting the Marianas as part of CREP’s efforts. Although the islands are stunning above the water, it … Read More