Volcano Watch

A recent Hollywood disaster movie depicts a scenario in which the earth's Geologists on the Big Island know that they are among the privileged few in...

Good red wine improves with age. So, often, does research. With time, more information is gathered, more thought given, and more sophisticated...

On May 10, 2003, Anatahan Volcano in the Northern Marianas Islands awoke for the first time in reported history and sent eruption cloud to heights...

Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park has long been recognized as the hottest and most changeable of Yellowstone's famous hydrothermal...

Kīlauea has erupted about 0.13 cubic kilometers (170 million cubic yards) of lava yearly for more than 20 years. That's enough to fill almost 2 1/2...

The 1840 eruption on Kīlauea's east rift zone was one of the most notable of the past 200 years. People reported a spectacle so awesome that "one...

Last week, Maurice Sako and Kevan Kamibayashi, physical science technicians from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, spent three cold nights high on...

On hot summer days in Hilo, many people visit the refreshing waters of the Wailuku River. In addition to offering scenic views, lush vegetation, and...

An eruption on May 24, 1969, created a wonderful but underappreciated visitor attraction in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, accessible to almost...

It's an easy question to answer, "how old is the youngest volcanic rock on the Big Island?" With Kīlauea in virtually continuous eruption, the...