Photos from two recent cruises to the Pacific Island of Maug to study the effect of ocean acidification on coral ecosystems. Photo credit: NOAA
Research vessel deploying to the island of Maug. Image credit: NOAA
Research vessel ready to deploy to the island of Maug. Image credit: NOAA
Approaching the Maug caldera. Image credit: NOAA
View from a small dive boat inside Maug caldera. Image credit: NOAA
Diver examines a coral reef structure (Porites rus) off the coast of Maug. Image credit: NOAA
Data loggers collect observations of light and pH at Maug. Image credit: NOAA
Coral plates left on-site for three months to measure bioerosion rates. Image credit: NOAA
A funnel is used to collect carbon dioxide gas bubbles from the seeps near the coral reefs at Maug. Image credit: NOAA
AOML/CIMAS researcher Dr. Ian Enochs uses a drill to take a coral core sample to measure changes in growth. Image credit: NOAA
A rainbow forms inside the Maug caldera. Image credit: NOAA
Coral ecologist Ian Enochs dives in the carbon dioxide bubbles of Maug’s coral reefs
(Photo Credit: Stephani Gordon/Open Boat Films/NOAA)