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ERTH students exploring basalt outcrops at Wawamalu Beach, Southeast Oahu.
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UHM Earth Sciences students in the field.
Fall 2023 TGIF Seminars
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Professor Julia Hammer and ESVI REU students exploring East Oahu geology.
ERTH field trip to Kūpuna Islands, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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ERTH 305 (Geologic Field Methods)students enjoying field camp in the Mojave Desert.
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EPʻIK Summer high school students, with Professor Scott Rowland, on a field trip to Windward Oahu.
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To identify and solve fundamental and applied problems in the Geosciences and Environmental Sciences; to acquire new knowledge about Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Basin, and Earth; to serve society by teaching and training future geoscientists, teachers, and citizens; and to be a principal resource for objective Earth science expertise to the state of Hawaiʻi.
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Assistant professor with specialization in paleoclimatology TBA