UH investigating effect of Kīlauea eruption on ocean microbes and ecosystem
A rapid-response team of scientists, led by David Karl, returned from a four-day boating expedition to Kapoho on Hawaiʻi Island.
Seafaring robots help UH Hilo researchers study lava entering ocean
With technology called Wave Gliders, scientists have the rare opportunity to study the effects of the lava entering the ocean.
Hawaiʻi CC culinary arts, ag programs help provide meals to evacuees
Hawaiʻi CC has partnered with The Salvation Army to provide meals to residents displaced by the Puna lava flow and Kīlauea ash eruption who are staying at emergency shelters in Pāhoa and Keaʻau.
Grant improves understanding of Hawaiian and Strombolian volcanism
Bruce Houghton at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology is helping to improve fundamental knowledge of eruption behaviors.
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 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.
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.
