Volcano Watch

If you've ever watched videos of the current eruption, you've seen geologists throwing hammer-headed cables into the lava tube to snag a glob of lava...

Sinners or not, many of us living on the island of Hawai`i over the past decade feel that, although we cherish the volcanoes, the smell of sulfur gas...

The Island of Hawai`i is the fastest-growing region in the State of Hawai`i, with over 100,000 residents and a population that continues to grow at a...

Kīlauea Volcano continues to be in a state of repose with no eruptive activity since January 31. Although no molten rock can be seen on the surface of...

Pu`u `O`o was alive and well on Wednesday, January 29, with acrid fumes drifting across the landscape and an active pond glowing red at night. The...

Most visitors to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park have driven down the Chain of Craters Road to the coast and observed the high south-facing pali that...

Episode 54 of the Pu'u 'O'o-Kupaianaha eruption began early in the morning of Thursday, January 30, and manifested itself in a number of different way...

Ne plus haustae aut obrutae urbes (No more shall the cities be destroyed). January, 1997, marks the 85th anniversary of the dedication of the Hawaiian...

1997 is off to a promising start at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). Already in the works for the New Year are two projects aimed at improving...

Last week Donald ("Don") Swanson was sworn in as the new Scientist-In-Charge of the US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Don replaces...

On January 3, 1997, Kīlauea's east rift zone began its 15th year of continuous eruption, the longest rift-zone eruption in written history.

As 1996 draws to a close, we can look back and reflect on the tumultuous year that the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

Volcanoes, glacial deposits, and faults related to huge undersea landslides are three of the remarkable geologic features depicted on a colorful new U...

The standard question I get asked by my `ohana and friends is, "What you taking up in college?" I reply, "Geology," and the first thing that comes out...

Last Thursday, scientists at HVO's sister observatory in Vancouver, Washington (the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, or CVO) received a distress...

Much has been said in past columns about the volcanic and seismic hazards on the Big Island, but what about the hazards on the other islands?

Visitors to the lava viewing area at the end of the Chain of Craters road in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park travel over one of the largest fault...

The eruption on Kīlauea's east rift zone has continued with little change since mid-summer. Lava issues at a rate of 6 cubic yards per second from a...

William D. Westervelt, in his 1916 book "Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes", recounted a story about the origin of the two hills called "Na Pu`u a Pele,"...

The shape of active volcanoes is constantly changing. Large movements occur during dike intrusions, large earthquakes, or landslides.