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Imagine for a moment that you could turn back the clock some two-hundred years or so and embark on a journey from east to west across the North...

Clear views of Halema‘uma‘u

During the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, when fissures erupted and lava flowed in the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ), many Puna residents were...

Much is known about volcanism occurring from Yellowstone within the past 2 million years, but many people are not aware that this landscape was also...

A year ago, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and Island of Hawai‘i residents were in the throes of an historically unprecedented series of...

Equipment check at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

The team at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is one of several finalists nominated for the 2019 Service to America Medals.

Researchers study ash from Kīlauea summit explosions

Toting their surveying instruments to the tops of mountains or across continents, ancient (20th century) geodesists might have dreamed of an easier...

With the one-year anniversary of the onset of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption upon us, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...