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Hawai‘i is the quintessential "hotspot." The geologic definition of a "hotspot" is that region of the Earth beneath an area that has experienced high...

Humans seem to have a limited ability to remember disasters. Some researchers who study disaster preparedness and risk mitigation speculate that...

Seventy-six years ago—on October 8, 1934—a 33-day-long eruption in Halema‘uma‘u Crater came to an end. This eruption began after almost three years of...

It may surprise some readers that the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption, now halfway through its 28th year of almost continuous activity, is not the longest-running...

More devastated forest and awesome views of ocean entry

Composite image showing the active flow front in Kalapana

Most readers will see the headline and think it refers to events in Kalapana this past week. The title is actually from a back page story in the...

A surge of lava that broke out and view of lava cascading down the sea cliff

Second finger of lava overtopped the Hakuma horst

Narrow finger reached the ocean and lava exiting the tube poured onto growing delta