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A gentle, effusive style of activity has characterized the ongoing eruption of Kīlauea for well over a decade now. But remember the explosive episodes...

Japan—only 63 million years away! Advertising like that would put a shipping company out of business, but the Plate Tectonic Express has no...

Scientific concepts are often thought to result from thinking about hard facts. Speculation is sometimes considered out of bounds for scientists.

Hawaiian volcanoes provide scientists a natural laboratory to study events that precede an eruption. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, in cooperation...

As volcano watchers in Hawaii, we are often rewarded with spectacular images of eruptions taking place in our own back yard.

Kīlauea made the headlines once again last week with the threat of a summit eruption and a brief surge in activity that sent lava flows coursing down...

Okay, all you Big Island residents, where is the Hilo Ridge? It stands nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above its surroundings, is more than 50 km (30 mi)...

Saturday marked the 15th anniversary of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō-Kupaianaha eruption on the east rift zone of Kīlauea Volcano. This is the longest lived rift...

Last week at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, a special informational session was held to discuss the recent increased...

During the past two weeks, many people have heard roaring noises from the area of Pu`u `O`o, the prominently fuming cinder-and-spatter cone 12 km...