{"id":80630,"date":"2018-06-04T20:01:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80630"},"modified":"2019-03-25T16:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:16:34","slug":"hirono-federal-grant-kilauea-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/04\/hirono-federal-grant-kilauea-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> receives $119,000 federal grant to research K\u012blauea eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist documents the fissure 8 flow southeast of Four Corners (the intersection of Highways 132 and 137). Credit: U.S.<\/abbr> Geological Survey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Volcanologists at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST) will receive a $119,821 grant from the U.S.<\/abbr> National Science Foundation to study the ongoing volcanic activity on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. The project, Rapid: Tracking magmatic and volcanic changes in the May 2018 K\u012blauea Eruption, seeks to inform why the current volcanic activity is occurring and will help to predict future eruption activity.<\/p>\n

“Scientific data has been critical to tracking the volcanic activity on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island to minimize the threat to Puna families,” Hirono said. “This federal funding is timely and will increase the resources available to study K\u012blauea’s east rift zone and gain insight into future eruptions.”<\/p\n\n\n\n

“We are extremely grateful to the U.S.<\/abbr> National Science Foundation, UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> and the USGS<\/a> (United States Geological Survey) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory for funding and supporting this research into the current eruption at K\u012blauea, using a range of rapid-response tools,” said Ken Rubin<\/strong><\/a>, principal investigator on the grant and chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics<\/a> at SOEST<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

The project was funded through the National Science Foundation’s Rapid Research Response program, which is available for research on natural disasters and other unanticipated events.<\/p>\n