Earth Sciences is among UH’s top rankings in the 2025 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects: 17 in the U.S. and 51-75 worldwide

Jasper Konter, former professor of Earth Sciences, is recognized globally for his research in using isotope geochemistry and mantle seismology to confirm the deep origin of mantle plumes, to show that materials that were once subducted in the ancient geologic past are returned again to the surface by rising mantle plumes, and for establishing the…

This October, students in ERTH 300-Physical Volcanology joined two field trips to explore the volcanic features that shape the Hawaiian Islands.