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One of the wondrous things about visiting a young lava flow on the Island of Hawai‘i is encountering the tenacious plant life that emerges from a...

A lot has changed over the past year on Kīlauea Volcano. One year ago, the June 27th flow was threatening to cross Pāhoa Village Road and, potentially...

One year ago, the now infamous June 27th lava flow was headed toward the middle of Pāhoa and threatening to cross the main village road and cut off...

It happened again. Did you notice? Last week a portion of Kīlauea Volcano's south flank slowly slipped seaward. Its movement is part of a recurring...

Geologic mapping is considered by some to be "old school" science. By current standards, there's certainly nothing glitzy or high tech about walking...

October 15, 2015, is the 3rd annual Great Hawaii ShakeOut. That day also marks the 9th anniversary of Hawaii's two most recent damaging earthquakes.

The State of Hawaii has a long history of destructive earthquakes. More than 30 magnitude-6.0 or greater earthquakes have impacted the islands since...

Bottled soda, when opened suddenly after shaking, is commonly used as an analogy for volcanic eruptions. Perhaps the first use of this analogy for...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) changed the Volcano Alert Level and Aviation Color Code for Mauna Loa Volcano from NORMAL/GREEN to...

During the 1950s, a decade of major change in volcano monitoring, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) was moving from the mechanical into the...