{"id":161855,"date":"2022-07-12T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161855"},"modified":"2022-07-12T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T20:50:03","slug":"geochemistry-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/12\/geochemistry-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands gather for international geochemistry conference"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Field work at Station ALOHA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Organized by a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa-led committee, the Goldschmidt Conference<\/a> will draw more than 2,500 international scientists and students to Honolulu with a focus on geochemistry—a discipline that addresses chemical processes within and on Earth.<\/p>\n

This is the annual joint meeting of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry, and will be held July 10–15 at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Convention Center, in-person and remotely.<\/p>\n

Presenters will share the latest discoveries spanning a wide range of Earth, ocean, environmental and planetary topics, including active volcanism, tropical ecosystem health, freshwater resources, climate change impacts on atmospheric and ocean chemistry, Earth\u2019s interior composition and more.<\/p>\n

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Kīlauea Volcano. (Photo credit: Steven Businger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The local organizing committee was led by UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Earth sciences professor Ken Rubin<\/strong>, and included UH<\/abbr> Mānoa faculty from the Department of Earth Sciences<\/a> and oceanography<\/a>, as well as the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I have been working with partners in the state tourism industry and the societies since 2014 to bring this conference to Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> including postponing our 2020 plans due to the pandemic,” said Rubin. “With the Goldschmidt Conference finally coming to town, I am excited that Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> researchers can share their globally important work in a premier conference setting and that Indigenous science speakers are part of the program.”<\/p>\n

“I am so excited and proud that Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is host to this prestigious international meeting of geochemistry,” said Garrett Apuzen-Ito<\/strong>, Earth sciences department chair in the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST<\/abbr>). “This is an incredible opportunity to showcase our state to these world experts and highlight how so many of the world\u2019s natural processes are manifest here in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the surrounding Pacific environment.“<\/p>\n

Indigenous culture, science<\/h2>\n

The conference includes an innovative group of sessions on the intersectionality between Indigenous culture and science (Geology through a cultural lens – Diverse perspectives on the natural world<\/em><\/a>), where community thought leaders from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and elsewhere will discuss environmental processes from both scientific and cultural perspectives via presentations by local and other experts on societal concerns and creative solutions.<\/p>\n

High school and college science instructors and students were invited to participate for free in this program through the generous support of SOEST<\/abbr> and other donors.<\/p>\n

For more information, see SOEST<\/abbr>\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–By Marcie Grabowski<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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