The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in addition to in-person talks and walks around the island, we hosted an art ...

Violent eruptions have started up again in Hawaii, with fountains of lava shooting hundreds of feet into the air and toxic gas belching from the crater.

And experts are warning visitors flocking to Kilauea, the volcano on the island of Hawaii, to watch out for Pele’s hair. But what exactly is it? The long, thin strands that resemble hair are actually ...

The world’s most active volcano is at it again after Hawaii’s Kilauea began its seventh episode of its ongoing eruption, with ...

COURTESY USGS This U.S. Geological Survey web camera photo shows lava fountains returning to Halemaumau Crater early this morning. Kilauea had another short-lived eruption within Halemaumau crater ...

The lack of wind allowed the eruption plume, and all the particles in it, to spread out to the north dropping Pele’s hair ...

Experts believe a Mount Rainier eruption would post a grave threat to millions who live in the southern and eastern sections ...

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has a YouTube live feed of the eruption taken from a safe distance that shows the full ...

University of Adelaide geologist Mark Tingay called mud volcanoes "weird and wonderful features that remain largely understudied and little understood," in a seminar for the Geological Society of ...

On Dec. 23, 2024, an eruption began from the Kilauea volcano in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. After taking a brief pause, the eruption resumed on Jan. 15 at ...

Volcano activity updates Kilauea is erupting. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH. The eruption within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea resumed just after 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, ...