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The recent 2022 Mauna Loa eruption began just before midnight, at 11:21 p.m. on November 27.  The first caldera floor fissures were visible in webcams...

During the week of April 10, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory upgraded the Hualālai Repeater station and installed a new webcam looking at the...

Fieldwork for the Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project, which will provide a new detailed view of shallow subsurface structures and the magma system...

Much of the geological attention at Yellowstone National Park is on the young volcanic rocks. But the geologic history of the region and the ages of...

Where is magma stored beneath the surface of Kīlauea and how is it transported to the places where eruptions occur? Scientists have hypothesized the...

Thermal infrared images not only make nice pictures, they also give us quantitative information about thermal energy being radiated from Earth’s...

It’s official! Governor Green recently proclaimed that April is again Tsunami Awareness Month for the State of Hawaii. This is not to be confused with...

When one thinks of life in extreme environments, Yellowstone hot springs may be one of the first places to come to mind. Another extreme?  The...

Robert Fournier, who passed away in January 2023, was a pioneer in studying the hydrothermal system of Yellowstone National Park, laying the...

A 30-minute drive along U.S. Route 20 in Idaho between Ashton and Island Park will take you through the history of the first two caldera systems that...