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over Diamond Head, (c) Ken H Rubin

Lava flow, sky, and horizon

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ERTH researchers and students visit a lava flow on Kilauea volcano

students on a field trip to SE oahu

Fall 2022 Courses

ERTH students exploring basalt outcrops at Wawamalu Beach, Southeast Oahu.

students in the field doing geology

ERTH News

UHM Earth Sciences students in the field.

students on a field trip to Hanauma Bay

Fall 2022 TGIF Seminars

Professor Julia Hammer and ESVI REU students exploring East Oahu geology.

Beach and coral reef in the northwest Hawaiian Islands

ERTH field trip to Kūpuna Islands, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

students on a field trip to Death Valley

Giving to ERTH

ERTH 305 (Geologic Field Methods)students enjoying field camp in the Mojave Desert.

students on a field trip Windward Oahu

EPIK REU

EPʻIK Summer high school students, with Professor Scott Rowland, on a field trip to Windward Oahu.

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