Past “Volcano Watch” articles have summarized the episodic lava fountaining eruptions in Kilauea’s recent history—within the ...

No other puʻus exist on the caldera rim, but geologic deposits of tephra fall mapped in Kīlauea’s summit region indicate that ...

Lava exploded more than 200 meters (about 700 feet) into the air as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on Thursday. A video of the eruption shows bright orange lava spurting from the volcano on the Big ...

The reservoir of one of Earth's most explosive volcanoes is quietly refilling with magma, scientists have revealed.

The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), located in the Pacific Ocean, formed around 110 to 120 million years ago through massive submarine volcanic eruptions. This event is considered the most extensive ...

Hawaii’s most active and popular volcano, Kilauea, is preparing to put on a show as geologists forecast the volcano’s 44th ...

On the morning of March 10, 2026, two vents on the southwest side of Halema'uma'u Crater roared back to life — and this time, ...

Located 700 kilometers (440 miles) east of Madagascar, Réunion Island is the product of a long-lived mantle hotspot on the ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory — after the next projected lava fountaining episode of the ongoing episodic eruption at the ...

Watch live as the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, erupts for the first time in almost 40 years ...

An archaeologist just overturned a major piece of evidence that humans reached South America before most of North America.

Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii, had a series of violent steam explosions in 1924, and scientists discovered the cause.