Cutting data climate collection – as the Trump administration is now trying to do – is like breaking a thermometer to avoid ...

But the Army's lease for state lands beneath a key part of the training range expires in 2029. Native Hawaiians upset with ...

If you’ve been following the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island, you might have seen the ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees today approved the immediate withdrawal of its two longstanding lawsuits concerning Maunakea, marking a pivotal shift towards collaborative ...

From awe-inspiring beauty to catastrophic destruction, volcanoes are among Earth’s most powerful forces. With molten rock bubbling beneath the surface and the potential to change landscapes in an ...

Jets of searing hot molten lava spewed more than 1,000 feet into the Hawaiian air Friday from the Kilauea volcano.

As another school year ends, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes two new summer interns: Kamalani Poepoe and Ruth Gale. With an ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea, ...

The NASA Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001 from Cape Canaveral, snapped a 1st-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking ...

Still, there seems to be enough evidence that some sort of collapse occurred at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, which remains notable as the only such event in the volcano’s documented history.

The cabin is near the summit of Mauna Loa volcano, and is accessible from a 10.2-mile hike from the state-owned ʻĀinapō Trail and Kapāpala Ranch.

Future Mauna Loa eruptions, from the summit, either rift zone, or radial vents, are inevitable, but it is impossible to forecast precisely when those might happen. A lava boat traverses down the ...