JANICE WEI / NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE / 2019 Top, park visitors enjoy the views of Kilauea Volcano’s summit eruption from the Jaggar Museum Overlook. 1 /3 JANICE WEI / NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE / 2019 Top, ...

Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year ...

Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.

This is a record yearly increase since atmospheric measurements were first taken at the remote Mauna Loa research station in Hawaii in 1958. Perched high on the side of a volcano in the Pacific ...

Think Hawaii is all about beaches and luaus? Think again. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is a fiery beast that covers more than half of the Big Island — and it's still very much ...

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

Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS Volcano Alert Level is at NORMAL. No earthquakes were reported felt in the Hawaiian Islands during the past week. HVO continues to closely monitor Kilauea and ...

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 ...