UH Hilo team provides USGS critical, daily chemical analysis of lava flow
UH Hilo is providing real-time chemistry analysis of lava samples to U.S. Geological Survey scientists to help determine how the lava will behave and how fast it will move.
UH Hilo playing vital role in response to historic eruption
Professors, scientists and students are providing valuable expertise and resources to help officials assess hazards and decide how to respond.
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.
Manganese nodules as breeding ground for deep-sea octopods
Scientists discover new octopod species which may be at risk from deep-sea mining.
Two UH Hilo students investigate “Mars”
The students—one a geologist and one an astrobiologist—are studying the habitability of volcanic terrains as analog environments for Mars.
Geology professor has studied Kīlauea volcano for 40 years
Michael Garcia, a UH Mānoa geology professor, was featured on PBS NewsHour for his research on Kīlauea.
New analysis reveals large-scale motion around San Andreas Fault System
SOEST researchers discover nearly 125 mile-wide “lobes” of uplift and subsidence straddling the fault system.
Explore world’s deepest ocean trench with live feed from expedition
Virtual explorers can join the Okeanos Explorer as it explores the deepest oceanic trench on the planet, the Marianas Trench.
Geology graduates investigate Fukushima-derived radioactivity in Hawaiʻi
UH Mānoa’s Hannah Azouz and Trista McKenzie advance knowledge on radioactivity in soil and locally-caught fish.
UH Mānoa receives $1.2 million to study restless volcanoes
UH Mānoa to receive funding from National Science Foundation to study volcanic crises in Hawaiʻi and California.
