Konowe, Celia

MTR Intern

Celia Konowe is a rising college senior from Reston, Virginia, majoring in environmental studies at the University of Rochester with minors in French and theatre. This past semester, prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, she studied abroad in Ecuador through the Universidad de San Francisco Quito as part of its GAIAS (Galápagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences) program. Her time abroad was split between Quito and the Galápagos Islands while studying evolution, ecology and conservation. Her main environmental interests include hydrology, ecology conservation, marine ecosystem threats, and food systems. She covered the 2019 Paris Air Show, aviation's largest industry event, by working for an on-site show daily and is a student member of the National Press Club.

• Email: celia@marinelink.com

07 Jul 2020

OVI: 103 Tons of Garbage Removed From North Pacific Gyre

Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI, docked at the port of Honolulu at the end of June after a 48-day expedition successfully removing 103 tons (206,000 lbs.) of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone (more commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Gyre).The Pacific Gyre, located halfway between Hawaii and California…
01 Jul 2020

SOI: Amidst Pandemic, Seafloor Mapping Zooms Ahead

Scientists working remotely with Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) have completed a first look at deep waters in the Coral Sea, despite the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. As one of the only at-sea science expeditions to continue operations, the team has discovered the deepest living hard corals in Eastern Australian waters, sighted fish in new regions and identified up to 10 new marine species.SOI’s R/V Falkor spent the 46 days in the Coral Sea Marine Park…

Konowe, Celia

OVI: 103 Tons of Garbage Removed From North Pacific Gyre

SOI: Amidst Pandemic, Seafloor Mapping Zooms Ahead

Marine Environmental Protection, Alaskan Style