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A long-told myth about Yellowstone is that indigenous people were “afraid” of the area owing to the geysers and thermal activity. But archeological...

Here in Hawaii nei, we don’t have the dramatically changing leaf colors and brisk temperatures that mark the arrival of Fall. And as October arrived...

Every heard of a thermal kame? If not, you’re hardly alone. It’s a rare landform that provides evidence of glaciers interacting with hydrothermal...

Kīlauea’s recent summit eruptions and lava lakes are exciting for residents, visitors, and scientists. However, Kīlauea has had numerous explosive...

What causes outliers in GPS data? Could be snow, could be a bird, or could be damaged equipment. Recognizing these outliers is important to properly...

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re halfway through a 12-6 a.m. graveyard shift at the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Thanks to a newly funded project from NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Scientific Analysis Program, and an agreement with commercial satellite...

Several vents continue to erupt on the western side of the downdropped block within Kīlauea's summit caldera and are generating lava flows onto Halema...

Kīlauea is now erupting at the summit for the fifth time since 2020! The ongoing eruption offers an opportunity for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...

The Kīlauea summit eruption that began yesterday at 3:15 p.m., September 10th, continues this morning. Eruptive activity is confined to the...