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The recent serious injury incurred by a visitor to the Mother's Day lava flow field prompted this article. Shortly after midnight on March 10, a...

The summit of Kīlauea has been quiet for more than 20 years. Pu`u `O`o and Kupaianaha have hogged the limelight since January 3, 1983. Two eruptions...

One morning, you're awakened by a violent shaking of your bed; you hear the glass jalousies rattle, and the dog barks hysterically. In the seconds it...

The past ten days have seen lava cross the Chain of Craters Road to form a new lava entry at the ocean's edge. Wildfires of the Panau Iki blaze...

Hawai`i is often described as the ideal setting for studying active volcanic processes. After all, where else can you find a "drive in" volcano that...

Little more than a mile down the Chain of Craters Road from Crater Rim Drive, a large tract of bare ground suddenly appears on the right, and curious...

For more than twenty years, Kīlauea has been erupting almost continuously. In the early years, the eruption alternated between dramatic fountains and...

The inflation of Mauna Loa Volcano that started last year appears to be slowing down. From May 2002 until very recently, continuously recording...

On January 4, as lava flowed from the Pu`u `O`o cone 11 km (7 miles) to the south shoreline of Kilauea Volcano, the staff of the Hawaiian Volcano...

Forty-three years have passed since the November 1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption. This eruption, which lasted 36 days, is perhaps best known for lava...