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One of the wondrous things about visiting a young lava flow on the Island of Hawai‘i is encountering the tenacious plant life that emerges from a...

Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

A lot has changed over the past year on Kīlauea Volcano. One year ago, the June 27th flow was threatening to cross Pāhoa Village Road and, potentially...

USGS CalVO scientists have developed a new 3D conceptual model of the magma system below Mono Lake and Mono Craters in eastern California to give...

One year ago, the now infamous June 27th lava flow was headed toward the middle of Pāhoa and threatening to cross the main village road and cut off...

Halema‘uma‘u during October 16 lightning storm

Scattered breakouts persist northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

It happened again. Did you notice? Last week a portion of Kīlauea Volcano's south flank slowly slipped seaward. Its movement is part of a recurring...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has recently completed repairs to seismic monitoring equipment on Aniakchak Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula that have...

Geologic mapping is considered by some to be "old school" science. By current standards, there's certainly nothing glitzy or high tech about walking...