Slide title: Hawaii – a Unique Treasure for Scientific Research

Slide images: (clockwise from top left) Photo of an active vent on Kilauea volcano in Hawaii; artist's interpretation of the diversity of Prochlorococcus--the smallest, most abundant marine microbe--in a drop of seawater; photo of great frigatebirds and red-footed boobies at Tern Island; photo of a "lenticular" cloud formed by winds over Maunakea; photo showing coastline erosion in Hawaii

Image credits: (clockwise from top left) ©Tom Pfeiffer (www.decadevolcano.net/VolcanoDiscovery.com); Carly Sanker, MIT; Sarah Youngren, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Peter Michaud, Gemini Observatory; ©University Corporation for Atmospheric Research