A UCSC POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER DIED DURING A DIVE IN ALASKA. 27-YEAR-OLD UMIHIKO HOSHJIMA DIED WEDNESDAY WHILE DIVING OFF THE OUTER COAST OF GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. HOSHJIMA WAS DIVING FROM THE GYRE, A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY VESSEL, IN LESS THAN 30 FEET OF WATER. HIS SPECIALTY WAS THE STUDYING THE RESILIENCE OF MARINE LIFE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
