As Hilo was bustling with activity for the Merrie Monarch Festival, Kilauea was brewing for episode 44 of lava fountaining, ...

Kīlauea has erupted episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Episode 44 of summit lava fountaining ...

Past “Volcano Watch” articles have summarized the episodic lava fountaining eruptions in Kilauea’s recent history—within the ...

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kilauea’s shallow magma system under the summit — and things have been “heating up!” ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates.

U.S. Geological Survey volcano alert level — an indication of ground-based status of volcanic activity — and aviation color code — indicating the severity of airborne volcanic hazards — can ...

Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that ...

The reservoir of one of Earth's most explosive volcanoes is quietly refilling with magma, scientists have revealed.

An archaeologist just overturned a major piece of evidence that humans reached South America before most of North America.

Record volcanic eruptions in the Andes could explain the mysterious death of dozens of whales about 5 to 8 million years ago, ...

A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains ...

In 2010, construction workers on the Panamerican Highway traversing Chile's Atacama Desert stumbled upon a nearly perfectly preserved fossilized whale ...