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Lava flows spilling into the sea on the south coast of Kīlauea Volcano for the past several months have added nearly 30 acres of new land to Hawai`i...

The Hawaiʻian word "kipuka" refers to a variation or a change in form. Forest kipuka are formed when a continuous forested habitat on the slope of an...

The HVO staff mourn the loss of one of our extended family. Dr. Robert (Bob) Decker, Scientist-in-Charge from 1979-1984, died at home in Mariposa...

When your professional gene pool is sufficiently small, as it tends to be in volcanology, you sometimes go a great distance to explore different ideas...

People tend to remember the dates of important events in their lives. In addition to anniversaries and birth dates, volcanologists remember the dates...

Nothing is more beautiful than Kīlauea caldera on a clear, crisp day. Steam escapes from a few spots inside and outside, and koa`e kea birds ride the...

Want to see a spicy Kīlauea? Here's how.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. At 8:32 a.m. that Sunday morning, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake...

News stories have appeared widely in the past week spotlighting the "most dangerous" volcanoes in the United States, including a few in our backyard.

Last week, several HVO scientists were accompanied to Pu`u `O`o by a film crew producing a NOVA program for PBS. The producer was interested in the...