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Last month, some readers may have noticed a ship cruising back and forth off South Point and the South Kona districts of the Island of Hawai`i.

This is the season when the aroma of pine and fir greets KTA supermarket shoppers as they arrive to buy their fish and poi. Although more than 60,000...

Volcanoes have been in the news a lot lately: Etna (Italy), Reventador (Ecuador), Pago (New Britain, Papua New Guinea), Popocatepetl (Mexico)-even our...

Friday, November 29, marked the 27th anniversary of the second largest earthquake to occur in Hawai`i. The magnitude-7.2 earthquake originated beneath...

Many people remember that Mount St. Helens erupted with terrible ferocity on May 18, 1980, after a long dormant period. In fact, this is the date now...

On November 3, one of the largest recorded earthquakes to strike the U.S. mainland rocked the interior of Alaska. The quake caused countless...

Air travelers to Hawai`i are familiar with the jet stream. The strong, high-level winds typically come from the northwest and slow west-bound flights...

Several recent "Volcano Watch" columns have dealt with Mauna Loa and the implications of renewed inflation of its summit. For better or worse, this...

A "Volcano Watch" article several weeks ago indicated changes occurring atop Mauna Loa. Specifically, global positioning system (GPS) receivers on...

Recent visitors to the coastal eruption site, especially those unwise enough to approach the flow margins where lava is encroaching on vegetation, are...