West Iceland's volcano is a rift activity volcano, which involves the earth being pulled apart in two different directions ...

This was done at three locations downwind and one upwind of Kaluapele, Kīlauea’s summit crater, with permission from Hawai‘i ...

In December 2022, a team of scientists from Aotearoa, New Zealand teamed up with scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano ...

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawaiʻi. Interweaving cultural ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawai‘i. Interweaving cultural ...

Examining familiar place names in the chant, compared with the geographic extent of the flow field mapped by Holcomb, ...

The last time Mauna Loa erupted was in 1984. Most of the U.S. volcanoes that scientists consider to be active are found in Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast. Worldwide, around 585 volcanoes are ...

Westervelt‘s “Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes,” published in 1916. In ‘Olelo Hawai‘i (the Native Hawaiian language), ‘Aila‘au is to “consume trees.” Trees can be consumed by rot ...