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If you ever do spend Christmas on that South Pacific island, make sure Santa knows where to land his canoe of presents for you, as there are actually...

Last week, Earth Scientists from all over the world gathered for the annual American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco. Researchers...

Hawai`i Island residents and visitors eagerly awaiting the season's first snowfall were rewarded this past week. By Wednesday morning, a light dusting...

What might a future eruption in a residential neighborhood be like? We can get our best answer by examining past eruptions in the area such as the...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf coast, there has been much discussion of the value of planning for worst-case...

Two questions commonly asked of any volcano are the age of its youngest eruption and the frequency of eruptive events. For the volcano that forms the...

We are familiar with the effects that volcanoes have on our atmosphere and climate. Previous Volcano Watch articles have discussed how emissions of...

Many Volcano Watch articles tell stories of bygone eras, stories literally squeezed out of rocks. Some of the stories about the more recent eruptions...

Pu`u Mahana is a famous attraction on the southeast coast of the island of Hawai`i. The literal translation of Pu`u Mahana is "warm hill." People who...

Since Mauna Loa began showing signs of renewed restlessness in mid-2002, we have put a lot of effort into improving our capability for detecting the...