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This weekend marks the return to the Big Island of ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. His shows encompass a musical variety from Hawaiian to bluegrass...

On the afternoon of January 6, 1949, scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, 32 km (20 miles) from Mauna Loa's summit, couldn't see the top of...

How do you know when a volcano is exploding? Just look at it? Seems like the obvious answer. This works if there are some eyes aimed at the volcano in...

During the past two weeks, two noteworthy earthquakes struck Kīlauea Volcanos south flank.

Life in Goma—a city of about half a million on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—has been particularly difficult over the...

Unless you've been sitting in a lava cave (the way we sometimes do) you should be well aware that this Sunday is the beginning of the annual Merrie...

The current eruption at Kīlauea's summit is unique in the recorded history of the volcano. Never in the past 200 years has there been a long-lived...

This past Wednesday marked the silver anniversary of Mauna Loa's most recent eruption.

When strong volcanic tremor (continuous shaking of the ground) was recorded beneath Redoubt volcano January 23 to 25, scientists of the Alaska Volcano...

It seems like only yesterday when the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitored a several-week build-up in seismic tremor levels and sulfur dioxide...