Volcano Watch

The lava ocean entry at East Lae`apuki, on the southern shoreline of Kīlauea Volcano, has been active for 15 months. Lava flows rapidly from Pu`u `O`o...

Five volcanoes erupting in the United States within the past two months - Kīlauea, Mount St. Helens, and Augustine, Mt. Cleveland, and possibly...

On cool, still mornings at the top of Kīlauea, visitors looking across the summit caldera can see a palpable example of the Earth breathing. Wisps of...

An old Hawaiian chant tells of a mysterious, powerful place in North Kohala, where two streams begin side by side but run in opposite directions and...

A significant volcanic eruption is in progress right now in Alaska, though it hasn't received much media attention. Augustine Volcano, named by...

HVO loses one of its most versatile research scientists next week, when Rick Hoblitt returns to his home base, the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)...

The past five years, especially the past 18 months, have seen profound changes in the way HVO scientists view Last week's Volcano Watch highlighted...

The past five years, especially the past 18 months, have seen profound changes in the way HVO scientists view Kīlauea's explosive potential.

It has become somewhat of a New Year's habit, in a January Volcano Watch report prepared by the U. S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

As we enter the New Year with the eruption of Kīlauea Volcano still going strong after 23 years, it is important to remember the world's other...

Many eruptions are brief affairs. The volcano wakes up, erupts for a few days to a few months, then goes back to sleep. When the Pu`u `O`o eruption...

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...