Volcano Minute

Today, we say a hui hou to one of volcanology’s true giants. Professor Bruce Houghton retired last year from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after...

Over the last year and a half, Kīlauea’s summit has produced an impressive 49 episodes of lava fountaining—and episode 50 may be just around the...

This past April marked one hundred years since Mauna Loa’s 1926 Southwest Rift Zone eruption — an eruption remembered for its dramatic lava flows...

If you’ve been hiking near the summit of Kīlauea lately in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park—especially along Crater Rim Trail between the Steam Vents...

This week, we’re talking about what’s shaking in the Hawaiian Islands. And last Friday night… it was a lot. More than seven thousand people across the...

Today, we’re celebrating a milestone at Kīlauea: the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption had its 47th fountaining episode on May 14—tying the number of fountaining...

Over the past month, Kīlauea’s summit has seen fountaining episodes nearly every week—much faster than earlier in this eruption, which began in...

Today, we’re heading to Central America, where a team of USGS scientists — including two from right here in Hawaii — spent March studying one of the...

Today, we’re looking at a part of Kīlauea’s story that many visitors—and even many locals—don’t realize: summit eruptions don’t always stay inside...

Today we’re taking a close look at recent activity beneath the south rim of Halemaʻumaʻu — an area that remains closed to the public and continues to...

It was a busy week in Hilo as the Merrie Monarch Festival kicked off—right as Kīlauea delivered its 44th episode of lava fountaining. 

Kīlauea’s recent lava‑fountaining episodes may feel dramatic and new, but the volcano’s geologic record tells us they’re part of a long-term pattern. ...