ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi │ One learns from many sources │ A web publication from the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
On Kamalani Poepoe’s first day at HVO, June 3, 2024, Kīlauea erupted briefly from the Southwest Rift Zone. Kamalani jumped enthusiastically into eruption response work with the rest of HVO staff.
UH Hilo’s Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes works with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to bring active hazards outreach program to Hawai‘i keiki.
Lava samples collected September 11 were driven from the eruption to the UH Hilo geology lab, where undergraduate geology research assistants immediately started sample preparation and analysis.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Haaland, U.S. Senator Schatz, USGS Director Applegate, UH Hilo Chancellor Irwin, UH System President Lassner, and student interns, celebrated at a ground blessing for a new USGS research facility on campus that will monitor volcanoes and support conservation science.
Geologists Steve Lundblad and Cheryl Gansecki will each give a free public presentation in January on tracking activity at Kīlauea caldera and Maunaloa, respectively.
The 60,000-square-foot Integrated Research Center will bring together staff from both the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center to study hazards from active volcanoes and earthquakes in Hawai’i.
The group headed out to see the eruption in late afternoon Dec. 23 and watched until sunset so they could see the glow. “It was an amazing experience!” says Chancellor Bonnie Irwin.
The three alumna—Miki Warren, Liliana DeSmither, and Katie Mulliken—are currently working at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory helping with data collection and public communication during the current eruption that began Dec. 20,2020.
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