Once a week or so, one of them takes a short helicopter ride to the northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano – necessary because in 2022 an eruption buried more than a mile of the road in 30 feet ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode ...

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano in the world, which exceeds every peak in the Hawaiian topography as a constant gauge of untamed natural strength. This supervolcano reaches a height of 4,170 ...

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...

Scientists lower Mauna Loa alert level, say eruption could end soon Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and ...

Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park offers an unforgettable outdoor adventure. Home to two active volcanoes, seeing these ...

A recent study on the ancient glaciers of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island has revealed important insights about how past climate ...

In 1958, scientist Charles David Keeling began monitoring carbon dioxide levels at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, ...

It sounds weird, but snow in Hawaii isn't unusual at all. That's because the islands have mountains. It even occasionally ...

Kilauea is one of five active volcanoes in Hawaii. The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022.

The eruption restarted at midday when when molten rock began pouring out of a vent in Kilauea's summit caldera, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement. The lava was contained within the ...