The K¨©lauea eruption has generated extensive news coverage and UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹¡¯s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology experts have been sought by local, national and international media to provide background and information.
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 K¨©lauea eruption.
Research is published by climate modelers Kevin Hamilton and Takatoshi Sakazaki of the International Pacific Research Center.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Estelle Bonny and Robert Wright tested the hypothesis that lava flow rate changes during a typical effusive volcanic eruption.
The expedition will sample volcanoes at different stages in their development, including the young active volcano, Vailuluʻu, and the older Samoan volcanic feature that defines the island of Tutuila.
Michael Garcia, a Â鶹´«Ã½Mānoa geology professor, was featured on PBS NewsHour for his research on Kīlauea.
UH Mānoa to receive funding from National Science Foundation to study volcanic crises in Â鶹´«Ã½ and California.
Pāhoa school students tour lava flow and have hands-on science lesson from Civil Defense, UH Hilo geologists and others.
Discovery Channel Canada video documents UH Hilo researchers' aerial mapping methods
UH Hilo researchers successfully mapped the active flow front of the June 27, 2014 Kīlauea lava flow with an unmanned aerial vehicle on October 22.