Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spurted huge lava fountains high into the air during its most recent eruption.Footage captured live at the scene on March 20 by EpicLava shows the fiery fountains shooting ...

America’s National Parks are a source of pride and joy for citizens all across the country. From the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to the sun-drenched beaches of California, our National Parks ...

At the heart of a stratovolcano’s explosive nature lies its magma composition. Shield volcanoes like Mauna Loa and others found in Hawaii produce fluid lava flows while stratovolcanoes often erupt ...

The collapse volume at the summit nearly matched the effused lava volume on the rift zone. In this regard, 1868 was a little ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

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.

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift ...

Geologists say Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode ...

The NOAA office in Hilo that supports that carbon dioxide sampling has been flagged for a possible lease cancellation.

By Austyn Gaffney On the flanks of the largest active volcano on Earth, the Mauna Loa Observatory tracks the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are warming the planet, and has been ...