Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...
Echinus Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, a rare acidic geyser and the largest in the world, has recently been observed ...
A man is dead after officials found him in a closed area near one of the Earth’s most active volcanoes. According to the National Park Service, the 33-year-old Hawaiʻi resident was airlifted from ...
The alert level for Mauna Loa is currently “normal”; we expect to see additional changes such as increased seismicity or gas emissions before any future eruption. Even during quiet times, keeping a ...
A dormant volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has recently come back to life after more than 400 years of inactivity. The Krasheninnikova volcano began erupting in early August 2025, capturing the ...
Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...
Kilauea, the restless shield volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been erupting in dramatic, repeating bursts since late 2024, with lava fountains and volcanic gas-and-ash plumes rising high above the ...
The geyser really came alive in fall 2017. From October 18 to November 10, 2017, Echinus consistently erupted roughly about every two to three hours. The activity then stopped with only one eruption ...
A visitor to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has died after entering a closed section on the east side of the Kilauea caldera, officials said. Although Kilauea volcano has had ongoing episodic ...
A 33-year-old man is dead following an overnight rescue operation at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park last week, according to ...
A 33-year-old Hawaiʻi man has died after being found in a closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park last week. Park ...
Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...