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 receives $119,000 federal grant to research Kīlauea eruption
The project, led by volcanology Professor Ken Rubin, seeks to inform why the current volcanic situation is occurring and will help to predict future eruption activity.
Kīlauea eruption brings UH Hilo graduate home
Katherine Mulliken came back to Hilo from Alaska to help with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory response.
UH president addresses the impact of lava events on Hawaiʻi Island
University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner shared a message on May 23 to students, faculty and staff of the UH campuses.
SOEST volcanologists sought for expertise during Kīlauea eruption
The Kīlauea eruption has generated extensive news coverage and UH Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology experts have been sought by local, national and international media to provide background and information.
SOEST volcanologists, past and present, play a major direct role in Kīlauea science response
Bruce Houghton and nine past or present School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology graduates are working 24/7 at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring the Kīlauea eruption.
