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Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater lava flow.

Murky day near Pu`u `O`o

People frequently ask, "What's with all these eruptions I hear about? Is volcanic activity increasing?" Indeed, a plot of reported eruptions over the...

View of activity south of Pu`u `O`o

Breakout and spatter cone

In 2003, the seismic data analysts at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) examined and archived 10,591 earthquakes on the...

Incandescence at Pu`u `O`o on a Sunday morning

Outside of Pu`u `O`o

Last week, the judging phase of the Hawai`i District Science Fair was completed and the awards given to deserving young scientists. The staff at the...

Any institution, whether commercial, academic, or governmental, requires novel ideas to thrive. Fresh ideas come from training, sudden insights (the...