1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:04,300 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:06,750 HEY EVERYBODY. 3 00:00:06,750 --> 00:00:10,320 MY NAME IS MICHELLE GIERACH, AND I AM THE PROJECT SCIENTIST FOR THE CORAL REEF AIRBORNE 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,440 LABORATORY, OR CORAL MISSION. 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,880 RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT AIR SERVICE HAWAII WITH THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE CORAL MISSION WHICH 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,730 IS THE TEMPUS SUPPLIED SOLUTIONS GULF STREAM IV, OR G4. 7 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:26,060 WHAT MAKES THIS AIRCRAFT SO IMPORTANT TO CORAL IS WHAT IT HAS WITHIN, INSIDE THE PLANE. 8 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:30,910 IT IS THE PORTABLE REMOTE IMAGING SPECTROMETER, OR PRISM INSTRUMENT, AND IT SEES THROUGH THE 9 00:00:30,910 --> 00:00:38,629 BOTTOM OF THE PLANE TO ASSES CORAL REEF CONDITION AT 28,000 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN SURFACE. 10 00:00:38,629 --> 00:00:44,070 WE ARE IN HAWAII AS PART OF, ONE OF OUR FIELD CAMPAIGNS, SPECIFICALLY OUR OPERATIONAL READINESS 11 00:00:44,070 --> 00:00:48,989 TEST IN WHICH WE HAVE AN IN-WATER TEAM IN KANEOHE BAY TAKING OBSERVATIONS. 12 00:00:48,989 --> 00:00:53,769 WE’LL HAVE THE G4 FLYING OVER COLLECTING OBSERVATIONS. 13 00:00:53,769 --> 00:00:58,300 THE TWO TOGETHER PROVIDES AN INDICATION OF WHAT THE CORAL REEF CONDITION IS WITHIN KANEOHE 14 00:00:58,300 --> 00:00:59,300 BAY. 15 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:04,930 AND THIS IS, SORT OF THE NEXUS OF CORAL - THE IN-WATER WITH THE AIRCRAFT TO GIVE A BETTER 16 00:01:04,930 --> 00:01:09,320 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE OUR CORAL REEFS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING, AND HOW WILL THEY CHANGE 17 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,220 IN RESPECT TO CLIMATE. 18 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:12,220 [SWOOSH] 19 00:01:12,220 --> 00:01:16,120 SO THIS MISSION IS GOING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND CORALS A LOT BETTER THAN WE KNOW RIGHT NOW 20 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,160 YEAH AND I THINK SOMETHING PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT THOSE CORALS ARE DYNAMIC FEATURES 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,650 YOU KNOW THEY CAN LIKE SHRINK AND GROW JUST A NATURAL THINGS, THE FORCE THINGS HAPPENING 22 00:01:24,650 --> 00:01:28,231 IN CLIMATE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CAUSING MASSIVE CHANGES AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE NEED 23 00:01:28,231 --> 00:01:31,630 TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTING UP TO THE CORALS AND THAT’S WHY THE CORAL MISSION 24 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:32,630 IS SO IMPORTANT. 25 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:35,300 YEAH IT’S VERY UNEXPECTED SO EARLIER WE ACTUALLY DID ANOTHER MISSION OCEAN MELTING 26 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,330 GREENLAND TO MEASURE GLACIERS. 27 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:41,560 SO HOW IS CORAL AND THESE GLACIERS IN GREENLAND SIMILAR? 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,140 YEAH SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT THE OCEAN IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH 29 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:49,960 SYSTEM IT STORES A LOT OF HEAT AND IN THE CASE OF OCEANS MELTING GREENLAND OR EVEN UNDERSTANDING 30 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,159 THE REEFS WE’RE DOING A COMBINATION OF THINGS, WE GOT THESE SATELLITES GOING ACROSS THE SKY 31 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:58,940 YOU KNOW TAKING PICTURES LOOKING DOWN AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AIRPLANES YOU KNOW THE AIRPLANES 32 00:01:58,940 --> 00:02:02,770 GOING ACROSS AT THE LOWER LEVEL AND THEY’RE DOING THINGS LIKE IN OCEAN MELTING GREENLAND 33 00:02:02,770 --> 00:02:06,830 YOU'RE ACTUALLY DROPPING LITTLE SENSORS INTO THE OCEAN THAT ACTUALLY PUT A STRING OUT TO 34 00:02:06,830 --> 00:02:11,130 UNDERSTAND THE TEMPERATURE AND THE COMPOSITION BUT THEN FOR ALL THESE MISSIONS TOO WE PUT 35 00:02:11,130 --> 00:02:16,920 PEOPLE RIGHT DOWN IN THE WATER IN BOATS WE PUT PEOPLE OVER THE SIDE AND ALL THIS STUFF 36 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:20,430 HAS TO COME IN CONCERT TO HELP US REALLY UNDERSTAND THE EARTH SYSTEM. 37 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:21,470 RIGHT, RIGHT.