What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

Passing by a series of subterranean geological features named cave chocolate, cave bacon and cave popcorn, I start to wonder ...

A key site that monitors global carbon-dioxide emissions went offline for maintenance and will return later Wednesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

Hawaii, United States - November 29, 2022 Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first ...

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

The dry weather from Thanksgiving to January created conditions for heavy flowering when a rainy spell in mid January stimulated a big flush of flowering shortly thereafter. When Kona has a wet winter ...

Radar and rain gauges at 7:59 a.m. showed heavy rain over the west and south of Hawaii island falling at rates up to 2 inches per hour moving onshore, the NWS said. “Area streams remain elevated, and ...

While severe weather alerts have eased for much of the state following a strong winter storm, the HNN First Alert Weather Team continues the First Alert Weather Day only for Hawaii Island. The Flash ...

Some wind gusts were as high as 70 miles per hour. We had several severe thunderstorm watches and a large chunk of the area ...

Hawaii issued a ground stop for all interisland flights on ... A Winter Storm Warning for the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa summits on the Big Island remains in effect through Saturday morning. As much as ...