Volcano Watch: Trek to the mountain of water
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — The field day begins with a summit weather check at first light. It is a reflective moment at 6:15 a.m. atop Kilauea Volcano, and the fumarole cracks are steaming like the coffee from my thermos. The weather at Halemaumau crater is cool and dry, with light trade winds from the northeast. We hope for these mornings.
Volcano Watch: January is Volcano Awareness Month
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — January 2019 marks the 10th annual “Volcano Awareness Month” on the Island of Hawaii.
Kilauea might enter into lull following voluminous eruption, research article says
HILO — The recent Kilauea eruption produced some staggering numbers, even for a volcano considered one of the world’s most active.
PGV gets green light to clear road
HILO — Puna Geothermal Venture has been given the go-ahead to restore road access to its lava-locked property.
90 days with no lava: A milestone for Kilauea’s 2018 eruption
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — One of the most frequently asked questions of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists over the last several months has been, “Is the eruption over?”
Naming process underway for fissure 8
Pahoa Elementary School students visit new lava museum
County reopening popular Puna beach park
HILO — One of lower Puna’s most popular beach parks will officially reopen next week after a six-month-plus closure because of lava.
We’re giving thanks for clean air, but what’s that new smell?
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — We’re giving thanks for clean air, but what’s that new smell?
A summit collapse 150 years ago had similarities to the 2018 collapse
The prolonged yet dramatic partial collapse of Kilauea caldera this past summer was the first to be observed in detail and the largest measured by subsidence volume of more than a dozen summit collapses in the past 200 years.