A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes ...

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Forecasters are calling for up to 2 inches of snow. Hawaii’s mountains are mainly volcanoes, including Mauna Kea on the Big Island, whose summit is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level.

Mauna Kea—a volcano and the tallest geographic feature in the state—stands at 13,803 feet, which is far higher than the peaks of many ski resorts throughout the lower 48. But that volcano isn ...

By identifying this sharp, volatile-rich cap beneath Yellowstone, Schmandt’s team has established a new benchmark for monitoring the volcano’s activity. Future research could attempt to detect any ...

Forecasters are calling for up to 2 inches of snow. Hawaii's mountains are mainly volcanoes, including Mauna Kea on the Big Island, whose summit is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. Mauna Kea is the ...

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The prospect of Hawaiian snow makes more sense when you consider the verticality of the state's mountains. Mauna Kea—a volcano and the tallest geographic feature in the state—stands at 13,803 feet, ...

Scientists provided an update Thursday on the chances of an eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska, a situation being closely monitored by officials in Anchorage, the state’s largest city.

The quakes were also of low magnitude. The recent seismic swarm underscores the volcano's underlying activity. "These are signs that the volcano is active, it has magma, what's inside is moving ...

Scientists are warning those who live in Anchorage, home to nearly 300,000 people, that a volcano that sits just 81 miles away is due to erupt over the course of the next few weeks. Matt Haney, the ...