Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Maunaloa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...

This latest activity, designated as Episode 42, is currently confined to the summit caldera within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Ground sensors indicate that winds are blowing from the northeast, ...

Fluid inclusions in volcanoes are dominantly composed of carbon dioxide. At magmatic temperatures — 2,192 degrees — the density of the carbon dioxide strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced ...

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 ...

Peak fountain heights were at 1,300 ft. for the south vent and 1,000 ft. for the north vent, with the plume reaching 35,000 ...

Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano continues to show signs of unrest, and that has led to an alert level increase in the city of Anchorage as fears of an impending eruption grow.

Episode 34 of the ongoing Halemaumau eruption wrapped up abruptly just after 7 a.m. today, only six hours after fountains first roared to life inside Kilauea’s summit crater. The U.S. Geological ...

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, federal officials say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the most active in the world, is about to erupt again, according to the United States Geological ...

Alaska Volcano FILE - This image provided by Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Mount Spurr, on Oct. 24, 2024, in Alaska. (Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey via ...

KILAUEA, Hawai'i (Island News) -- On the Island of Hawaiʻi, it’s hard to believe nearly a year has passed since Kīlauea began its stunning run of episodic summit eruptions. Since then, Halemaʻumaʻu ...