Over the past century, technological advancements have vastly improved volcano monitoring. One key innovation was the ...
Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...
A video produced by the Ford Motor Company shows the great, active volcano of Kilauea in Hawaii. This is a popular landmark ...
The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...
An undersea volcano off the southeastern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii has been rocked by a swarm of more than 70 ...
A fissure on the northwestern crater wall of Makauopuhi Crater on the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea sent lava cascading into the ...
The recent eruption at Nāpau Crater was the first on Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone (ERZ) in six years. We often remember the Pu‘u‘ō‘ō and Maunaulu eruptions when thinking about the middle East Rift ...
A team of scientists has discovered that iron monoxide plays a critical role in conducting heat from the Earth's core to the surface, influencing tectonic movements and volcanic activity. This mineral ...
Thousands of Hawaii residents are coping with a shortage of inexpensive insurance in sprawling subdivisions built on Big Island generations ago in the two most hazardous lava zones ...