Since silicic magmas are colder and goopier than mafic magmas, dissolved gases have a harder time venting out of them. This ...

Hawaiʻi Island isn’t my usual go-to for island hopping, but when a friend who once called it home invited me along, I ...

On Monday around 2:30 a.m., Kilauea volcano started erupting within Halemaumau crater in the summit caldera. About two hours later, lava fountains on the floor of the southwest part of the summit ...

Big Island resident, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo grad and “Chief of War” set geologist Michelle Mazzetti is talking about ...

While there are many different volcanic hotspots throughout the world, lots of which fall within the Pacific Ring of Fire (more on that below), there is no better place in the United States to view ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite detected volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO₂ ...

Greg Lui-Kwan, far right in front of his older brother, posed for a photo with his mom and several siblings with the lava fountain from the 1960 Kapoho eruption behind them. “We were routed out of bed ...

Lava fountains at the summit of Kilauea have been shining a spotlight on Hawaii’s most active volcano but let us not forget the larger one looming in the background of Kilauea. Mauna Loa is currently ...

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 what ...