Climate expert discusses extreme weather, sea-level rise at Windward CC
UH Manoa’s Chip Fletcher will discuss several aspects of climate change including extreme weather, sea-level rise, reef bleaching, ecosystem impacts and more.
Mānoa volcanologists receive top international awards
Bruce Houghton and Sébastien Biass have received two of the top three awards from the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior.
New research uses satellites to predict end of volcanic eruptions
UH Mānoa's Estelle Bonny and Robert Wright tested the hypothesis that lava flow rate changes during a typical effusive volcanic eruption.
Research reveals Rapa Nui people cultivated and managed crops
Research by an international team, including Brian Popp, a UH Mānoa professor, challenges the traditional narrative of the ancient people of Rapa Nui.
New Earth Science on Volcanic Islands summer internship begins
The internship program takes advantage of the unique tropical volcanic island and surrounding marine environments in Hawaiʻi.
New evidence reveals source of 1586 Sanriku, Japan tsunami
Coral fragments from Kauaʻi suggest a mega-earthquake from the Aleutian Islands caused the tsunami.
UH grad student studies star formation in Antarctica
Casey Honniball spent her winter break trying to connect the dots between molecular clouds and star formation.
As sea level rises, much of Honolulu and Waikīkī vulnerable to groundwater inundation
UH Mānoa researchers developed a computer model that simulates future flood scenarios in the urban core as sea level rises—as its projected for this century.
Hottest, most buoyant hotspots draw from primordial reservoir deep in the Earth
Findings in Nature journal are based on original 2012 study by UH Manoa geologist Jasper Konter.
Manganese nodules as breeding ground for deep-sea octopods
Scientists discover new octopod species which may be at risk from deep-sea mining.
