Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

In 1970, while he was a professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Herman founded the world-renown Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory (KBMML), which was located in Honolulu until its closure ...

Within days, the University of Hawaii at Manoa began setting up a response group to focus on the fire’s impacts on water quality and contaminants. I led the work related to coastal water quality ...