{"id":136370,"date":"2021-03-01T13:57:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=136370"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:57:28","slug":"volcano-earthquake-research-facility-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/01\/volcano-earthquake-research-facility-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano, earthquake research facility planned for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>  Hilo campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hilo-hvo-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaiian Volcano Observatory sign\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-136341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hilo-hvo-sign.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hilo-hvo-sign-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hilo-hvo-sign-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Plans are underway for a new research facility on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> campus to jointly house the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/observatories\/hawaiian-volcano-observatory\">Hawaiian Volcano Observatory<\/a> (<abbr>HVO<\/abbr>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/centers\/pierc\">Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center<\/a> (<abbr>PIERC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>The 60,000-square-foot Integrated Research Center will bring together staff from both <abbr>HVO<\/abbr> and <abbr>PIERC<\/abbr> to monitor, investigate and assess hazards from active volcanoes and earthquakes in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. The collaboration will provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support and implement sound management and conservation of biological resources in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and other Pacific island locations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>  Hilo, we are honored to host <abbr>HVO<\/abbr> on our campus and excited about the benefits that this partnership can have for our students, who will be able to interact with <abbr>HVO<\/abbr> and <abbr>PIERC<\/abbr> staff and envision careers in the earth sciences,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/29\/uh-hilo-eruption-work\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo leaders get close look at eruption work<\/a>, December 29, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/22\/kilauea-eruption-spurs-hilo-alumni\/\">New K\u012blauea eruption spurs <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo alumni to front lines<\/a>, December 22, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/21\/koae-fault-system-leveling-research\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo students critical to post eruption research<\/a>, October 21, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <abbr>U.S.<\/abbr> Geological Survey (<abbr>USGS<\/abbr>) selected architectural firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahl.design\/\"><abbr>AHL<\/abbr><\/a> to design the research facility. A related 13,000-square-foot field station is being built in the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Volcanoes National Park. Designed and constructed on separate sites, the laboratory, administration and support facilities are being planned concurrently to support <abbr>USGS<\/abbr>\u2019s mission to enrich the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island research community.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are honored to be chosen to design these significant projects that are exciting and have a mission that resonates with us,&rdquo; said Nathan Saint Clare, <abbr>AHL<\/abbr> principal-in-charge. &ldquo;We plan to provide state-of-the-art facilities that will enrich the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island community for years to come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2021\/02\/24\/new-research-facility-to-study-volcanoes\/\">Read more in <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Susan Enright, a public information specialist for the Office of the Chancellor and editor of <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New 60,000-square-foot Integrated Research Center to study volcano, earthquake hazards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[21,202,14,907],"class_list":["post-136370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-21st-century-facilities","tag-facilities","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136372,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136370\/revisions\/136372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}