November 29, 2022 Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, akin to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows resulting in gentle slopes, earning their ...

The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows that result in gentle slopes ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Lots of rain was left behind when the winter storm moved down the island chain last week, however, if you’re on the Big Island and you look more up, you can ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for monitoring volcanoes ...

Tremors as strong as magnitude five have raised concerns the volcano that forms Santorini's steep, picturesque cliffs, could erupt. The risk is high enough that Greek authorities convened an ...

Hapuna Beach – Hapuna means "spring of life" in Hawaiian – is one of the most loved Hawai'i beaches, by both visitors and locals. Located on the South Kohala coast, it boasts soft, white sand ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.