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The North Kona Coast of the Big Island is fortunate to have several Hawaiian fishponds preserved. These ponds were major construction feats by which...

A few evenings ago the staff of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory took a field trip to Prince Kuhio Plaza to see the latest disaster film, VOLCANO...

Hilo is situated on lava flows from two of the five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawai`i. However, most of the surface flows one drives by (and...

The Island of Hawai`i is the fastest-growing region in the State of Hawai`i, with over 100,000 residents and a population that continues to grow at a...

As 1996 draws to a close, we can look back and reflect on the tumultuous year that the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

Volcanoes, glacial deposits, and faults related to huge undersea landslides are three of the remarkable geologic features depicted on a colorful new U...

Much has been said in past columns about the volcanic and seismic hazards on the Big Island, but what about the hazards on the other islands?

Visitors to the lava viewing area at the end of the Chain of Craters road in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park travel over one of the largest fault...

William D. Westervelt, in his 1916 book "Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes", recounted a story about the origin of the two hills called "Na Pu`u a Pele,"...

Early last week, C. Barry Raleigh, Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, announced that the...