Volcano Watch

As summer is quickly approaching, it seems appropriate to write about the student worker and volunteer programs at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. 

The latest development in Kīlauea's ongoing eruption is a new ocean entry near Lae`apuki inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

When visitors to this island arrive at the Keahole airport and travel along the Queen Ka'ahumanu highway to a hotel in south Kohala, they cannot help...

On Monday, April 1, 1996, scientists, historians, and public officials from Japan and the United States will convene in Hilo for a symposium to...

On March 1, 1996, Dr. Margaret Thair Mangan succeeded David A. Clague as Scientist-in-Charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano...

The 13-year-old East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano has returned to the steady-state condition that existed prior to the dramatic eruptive...

Monday, March 11, marks the anniversary of the last of a series of dramatic collapses at Kīlauea summit. On three occasions in February and March 1960...

I will end my series of these columns with some thoughts about preparedness for future disasters and some personal thank-yous.
 

The "Volcano Watch" column first appeared on November 3, 1991. In the last four plus years, the staff and I have written 207 columns covering a wide...

Kīlauea's 13-year-long eruption restarted on Valentine's day after a nine-day-long pause in activity. The renewed activity began about midnight on...