Scientists have recently discovered how magma behaves beneath active volcanoes, opening up new possibilities for targeted ...

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kilauea’s shallow magma system under the summit — and things have been “heating up!” ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This photo shows the gap between the south (left) and ...

An archaeologist just overturned a major piece of evidence that humans reached South America before most of North America.

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the ...

These processes are natural and have been recognized and embodied in Native Hawaiian oral traditions about Pele, Lono and ...

The summit region of Kīlauea experienced tephra fallout and a Kona low storm this past week. Cleanup, recovery, and regrowth ...

Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii, had a series of violent steam explosions in 1924, and scientists discovered the cause.

On March 20, 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,000 made ill in a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. A ...

In its latest eruption event, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano sent a fountain of lava 540 meters (1,770 feet) up into the sky in what is a new record for this eruption, which began in December 2024. Some of ...