The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...

Since December 23, 2024, the north and south vents within Halemaʻumaʻu crater, within Kaluapele (the summit caldera), have ...

From USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory livestreaming V2cam, a plume-like fountain erupted from the north vent during episode ...

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

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Massive continents collide, the Earth’s crust crumbles and is pulled back into the mantle, melts down into magma, and is ...

Can an archipelago like Hawaii achieve energy independence? As the planet undergoes a transition toward decarbonization, ...

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

Scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have installed a new monitoring camera at Kīlauea volcano to replace V3cam, which received worldwide attention after it was destroyed during a ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the erupting fountains at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano were spewing lava as high as 1,250 feet. The glowing fountains created a visual spectacle at the west ...

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