{"id":90999,"date":"2019-02-19T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=90999"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:31:40","slug":"waikiki-aquarium-living-reef-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/19\/waikiki-aquarium-living-reef-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"New living reef exhibit features cutting-edge coral research by <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_44131\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WfnlUjcKkVg?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"New living reef exhibit features cutting-edge coral research by 糖心Vlog官方 scientists\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A new living reef exhibit at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/\">Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium<\/a> highlights cutting-edge coral research done by six researchers at the  <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. It features work on both soft and stony coral like bubble coral and potato-chip coral. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It shows really, I think for the first time anywhere, individual coral species separated on their own, living and with detailed explanations of each,&rdquo; said <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa vice chancellor for research.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91015\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/waikiki-aquarium-lving-reef-exhibit.jpg\" alt=\"coral in an exhibit\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/waikiki-aquarium-lving-reef-exhibit.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/waikiki-aquarium-lving-reef-exhibit-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Branching hammer coral (<em>Euphyllia paraancora<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exhibit showcases 12 wall tanks featuring a living reef ecosystem reminiscent of those found in the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the tanks, an interactive kiosk with state-of-the-art technology will offer further information on coral ecology and physiology, marine ecosystems, and much more. A 3D educational polyp sculpture showing the smallest building block of a coral colony gives visitors an in-depth look into the structure of a coral colony. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought this exhibit was cool, it has all of the different type of corals,&rdquo; said 10-year-old Waiola Deltoro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019ll educate I hope and inspire people to take better care of the reefs around the islands,&rdquo; said <strong>Andrew Rossiter<\/strong>, Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium director.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is dedicated to the late <strong>Ruth Gates<\/strong>, who was director and researcher at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.himb.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Institute of Marine Biology<\/a> and world-renowned coral expert. Gates was a tireless innovator and advocate for coral reef conservation who contributed seminal research to understanding coral reef biology and the impacts of climate change on reef ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think she would love it but she\u2019d be embarrassed because you know she didn\u2019t like that kind of attention, but I think that she would love that it\u2019s being celebrated,&rdquo; noted wife Robin Burton-Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Gates\u2019 passion for sharing new scientific discoveries and encouraging the global community to contribute to coral reef conservation came through in her many public speaking events, in the Emmy award-winning film <em>Chasing Coral<\/em> that featured her research, and in all that she did to communicate the urgency of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium also partnered with the <abbr title=\"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\">NOAA<\/abbr> Office of Coastal Resource Management to provide current insights into coral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium exhibit showcases 12 wall tanks featuring a living reef ecosystem reminiscent of those found in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[53,1363,9,56,302],"class_list":["post-90999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-hawaii-institute-of-marine-biology","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","tag-waikiki-aquarium","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90999"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91018,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90999\/revisions\/91018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}