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Volcano Watch — Flowing Lava Falls Hard to Observe

Volcano Watch — Flowing Lava Falls Hard to Observe

Every day, tourists and locals visit Kolekole stream to see 70 cubic meters of water per second (18,000 gallons per minute or gpm) cascade 135 m (442...

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Volcano Watch — Greenhouse gases in our backyard

Volcano Watch — Greenhouse gases in our backyard

Early Sunday morning shoppers at the Volcano farmers market can purchase delicious greenhouse tomatoes grown in Mountain View. In a cool mauka (inland...

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Volcano Watch — Mapping and sampling the submarine slopes of Hawai‘i a job for modern research tools

Volcano Watch — Mapping and sampling the submarine slopes of Hawai‘i a job for modern research tools

The major part of each Hawaiian volcano lies below sea level, which creates a logistical nightmare: How does one study the submarine slopes?

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Volcano Watch — Scientists explore Kīlauea's underwater east rift zone

Volcano Watch — Scientists explore Kīlauea's underwater east rift zone

Scientists know more about the history and inner dynamics of Kīlauea than they do about most other volcanoes in the world. Yet a major portion of the...

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Volcano Watch — Dirty research: flushing mud from inside Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — Dirty research: flushing mud from inside Kīlauea

A 1,262-m-deep (4,139-ft-deep) research hole was drilled in the southwest corner of Kīlauea's caldera in 1973. At the time, this was the deepest hole...

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Volcano Watch — Ongoing Subsidence at Kīlauea Volcano

Volcano Watch — Ongoing Subsidence at Kīlauea Volcano

Kīlauea Volcano's summit has been slowly subsiding since 1983, the year that the ongoing Pu`u O`o-Kupaianaha eruption started. This broad and gentle...

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Volcano Watch — Volcanoes and biology? Complex interactions battle to save our biological resources

Volcano Watch — Volcanoes and biology? Complex interactions battle to save our biological resources

With this article, "Volcano Watch" broadens its scope to include items of biological interest related to Hawai`i volcanoes. Once every two months, the...

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Volcano Watch — Lava flows create new ocean entry as old entry fades away

Volcano Watch — Lava flows create new ocean entry as old entry fades away

Rapid landscape changes take place during Kīlauea's east rift zone eruption. Visitors to the coastal plain six months ago could have watched lava...

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Volcano Watch — The Chain of Craters at Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — The Chain of Craters at Kīlauea

The Chain of Craters marks the location of Kīlauea's upper east rift zone. The chain reaches southeastward from the summit caldera and then gradually...

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Volcano Watch — Seismographic networks and locating earthquakes

Volcano Watch — Seismographic networks and locating earthquakes

You hear a low rumbling sound; the walls of your house shake a little; objects on the shelves skip around, maybe even fall off the shelf. Was that an...

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Volcano Watch — How high is Mauna Loa?

Volcano Watch — How high is Mauna Loa?

Groups of students of all ages frequently visit the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory while they are on an excursion to Hawaii...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 19, 1998

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 19, 1998

Episode 55, Stable but Dynamic

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