Julio M. Morell

Ua komo pū ʻo Polofesa Morell i nā hana noiʻi interdisciplinary no ka ʻike ʻana i ka mana o nā kahawai nui (Orinoco a me Amazon) a me nā kaʻina mesoscale, e like me nā eddies a me nā nalu i loko, ma ke ʻano optical, physical a biogeochemical o nā wai Caribbean Hikina. Loaʻa nā pahuhopu noiʻi hou aku i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ke aniau a me ka hoʻokahe ʻia ʻana o ka moana i ko kākou moana a me ke kahakai.

Ua nānā ʻo Polofesa Morell i ke kai ma ke ʻano he ʻāina hoʻonanea; ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomaopopo iā ia i nā pono ʻike kahakai kiʻekiʻe e kū nei e nā ʻāpana kaiāulu like ʻole ma ka Caribbean. No nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua kālele ʻo Prof. Morell i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me CARICOOS me ka pahuhopu e hoʻolako i nā pono i ʻōlelo ʻia. Pono kēia i ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o nā ʻāpana kuleana a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hui hoʻolālā me nā noiʻi pili, hoʻonaʻauao, federal, mokuʻāina a me nā hui pilikino i hana ʻo CARICOOS i mea maoli. Hāʻawi ʻo CARICOOS i ka ʻikepili koʻikoʻi a me ka ʻike e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu palekana a me nā ʻōnaehana, nā hana moana palekana a maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ke kai.

Ma waena o nā hana ʻē aʻe, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no ka Puerto Rico Climate Change Council, ka papahana UPR Sea Grant a me ka Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.