Students have opportunities for field work as well as lab work. Setting up instrumentation for sampling lava fumes. The active lava flows on the big island of Hawaii are an area of intensive research. Taking sample of flowing lava. Mike and students are studying trace metal fluxes in the Ala Wai watershed under the direction of Eric DeCarlo.
Students take streamflow measurements.
Professor Geroge Walker explaining geology in the field. Zodiac deployed for field sampling with the island of Niihau in the background. This 230' research vessel has a range of 15,000 nm, carries a crew of 19 scientists, and carries a SeaBeam 210 multibeam sonar bathymetric mapping system. Securing the Pieces V after a dive to 400 meters. Researchers use the Pieces V for studying deep water precious coral beds, Monk Seal feeding behavior, and ocean floor mapping.