Press Release: SBS Water Quality Monitoring Study to Be Featured on PBS’s Changing Seas Series

Press Release

Wednesday, June 26 2024 

Collaboration and partnership is at the core of what we do.  We are – Enabling the science that matters – working with scientists and researchers across the globe to provide instrumentation that produces defensible and accurate data for use in climate change research, environmental monitoring, and more.

We were honored to collaborate with Dr. Andrea Kealoha and her team at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Department of Oceanography to deploy a rapid water quality monitoring set-up in response to the devastating wildfire in Lahaina in August of 2023.

We are grateful to have this study featured on the latest episode of Season 16 of PBS‘s, Changing Seas, a TV series that explores what’s going on with our oceans through the eyes of researchers and scientists. In this episode, Maui Aloha ‘Āina: Mauka to Makai, our collaboration with Dr. Andrea Kealoha and her team is featured to depict the story of community resilience amidst loss from the wildfire. The episode will air live from 8:00 – 8:30pm ET on Wednesday, June 26.

For this research, we partnered with the UH team to develop a comprehensive case study that outlines the deployment and monitoring set-up, as well as findings.

About Changing Seas 

For the last sixteen years, Changing Seas has taken viewers on exciting adventures to the heart of our blue planet. The series goes to sea with scientists, giving audiences a first-hand look at how oceanographers and other experts study the earth’s last frontier.

About Sea-Bird Scientific

Sea-Bird Scientific exists to help scientists know the world — and shape policy that changes it for the better. As one of the global leaders in oceanographic instrumentation, our customers work on the leading-edge of ocean science. Their results break the frontiers of what we know about natural waters and contribute to our understanding of climate change, ecosystem health, and more. Ranging from optical sensors to observational systems, we possess an expansive portfolio of accurate instrumentation that ensures we are powering science-based decisions, for a better ocean.

Media Contact

Lindsey Biondo
Strategic Marketing & Partnerships Manager
Sea-Bird Scientific
lbiondo@seabird.com

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