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Volcanoes act as windows deep into Earth. They help us understand the formation of our planet and the others in our solar ...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit eruptive vents. They wore snowshoes, as the large footprint keeps the field ...
Volcanoes across the country are beginning to wake up and erupt, and no one has a good explanation for why it's happening.
When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Kīlauea has been erupting 21 times since December 2024, offering scientists the opportunity to study the volcano's inner workings and future behavior, with the current activity having parallels ...
From Mount St Helens in Washington to the Mauna Loa in Hawaii, these structures have a complicated history of disaster and ...
This image from video provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a lava lake erupting on the west caldera wall of the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (USGS via AP) The ...
KILAUEA, Hawai’i (KITV) — Early this morning, Episode 22 of Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption began inside Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of the volcano. Around 4:45 a.m. HST, lava began ...
Kīlauea, Hawaii's second-largest volcano, erupted Monday morning. The federal observatory's scientist-in-charge Ken Hon told NBC affiliate KHON of Honolulu , “This was a real sneaky eruption." ...
A man plummeted 30 feet off a cliff while trying to see the Kīlauea Volcano erupt in Hawaii. AP. The 30-year-old man edged just a tad too close to a cliff at the Byron Ledge Trail in Hawai’i ...
Snowshoeing on Kīlauea? High fountain episodes pose new challenges to monitoring - Features | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...