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| The Hawaii Center for Volcanology is a cooperative effort of research and teaching scientists within Hawaii. HCV is located in Honolulu at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (which is ~200 miles from Hawaii Island, where the active Hawaiian volcanoes are situated). HCV member Institutions on the island of Hawaii are the University of Hawaii at Hilo and the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO). At the present time, HCV does not directly offer internships or take volunteers for research experience at the active volcanoes. However, the USGS/HVO does have a volunteer program. |
The Pu`u `O`o eruption of
Kilauea volcano reached it's 25th year of activity on 3 Jan 2008.
This site launched on on 11 June 1995 and had its 1,000,000th visitor in 2000
Read the Honolulu Advertiser News Coverage of the 25th anniversary of the eruption and
view the
Photo gallery they put together for the occasion.
What's in a name? For those of you who were wondering, "Volcanology" involves the study of volcanoes and volcanic activity, such as at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii,
which is depicted above. It does not involve the study of rubber
(i.e., to "vulcanize" is to strengthen natural rubber by heating with sulfur) or
the study of aliens from the planet Vulcan (i.e., Mr. Spock)
FOR THE HISTORY BUFF
An on line version
of the book
"Life in Hawaii", by Titus Coan. This book, first published in
1882, describes the author's observations of active volcanism on the Big
Island during the 19th century. It is being made available to users of
this site by Edward Coan, Titus' great-great-grandson
LEARN MORE ABOUT HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES
This on-line National Geographic
article
is a good starting point for obtaining general info about the Hawaiian Islands in and it's volcanoes.
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