A visual representation of land use, management, threats, and iconic species of Midway Atoll.
Category: marine studies
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Why Should We Conserve Midway Atoll?
15 Reasons to Love Midway Atoll.
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Midway Between War and Renewal
“They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war…Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit – a magicContinue reading
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
A Day in the Life of a Laysan Albatross on Midway Atoll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXrJ4bxmd4I
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Birds of Midway Atoll
The 2012 class of Coastal Environmental Management students from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University traveled to Midway Atoll January 19 – 28 of 2012. I became particularly impressed with the birdsContinue reading
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Midway is the Difference
Bringing conservation, adaptive and inter-institutional management into focus. Our invaluable experiences from Oahu, Hawaii to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Why this conservation biology travel course is an experienceContinue reading
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Conservation Under the Sea at Midway Atoll
Video describing conservation surrounding spinner dolphins, green sea turtles, Hawaiian monk seals and reef fish in Midway Atoll.
Patricia Elena Villegas & Sarah Spiegler
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 13: Remember to Remember
Reflections from 41,000 feet. Day 13: Remember to Remember Going, going, gone. We’re 41,000 feet somewhere over the mighty Pacific Ocean on our way back to Honolulu. We’ve just spent 13 excellent days together betweenContinue reading
Day 12: Watch Out for Albatross!
Midway Atoll is home to the largest population of Laysan Albatross in the world, with close to half a million breeding pairs. Typically, Laysan Albatross form their nests and lay their eggs in mid-November, andContinue reading