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Hawai’i’s mid-Pacific location makes it an excellent meeting ground for globally dispersed collaborators of all kinds.

Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

Exploration of volcanoes within our solar system has been much like the exploration of Hawaiian volcanoes in the 19th century: sporadic.

Kīlauea made the news this past month with many changes, including an elevated lava lake level at the volcano's summit, which provided spectacular...

Pu‘u Kahauale‘a nearly gone; lava flow intersects old tube

Kīlauea summit vent lava lake continues to drop

The recent high lava lake levels at Kīlauea Volcano have caught the attention of visitors and kama‘aina alike. But we shouldn't forget that unrest at...

Webcam images capture lava veneer falling into summit lava lake

Lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u Crater drops with summit deflation

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.5 earthquakelocated in the Ka‘ū District of the Island of Hawai...