Scientists in Berkeley and elsewhere say Hawaii's fate -- some 80 million years into the future -- is a certainty not just for the Big Island, but for all the major Hawaiian islands and a string ...

T he history of Hawaii, from a geological standpoint, is one of augmentation. Over a million years ago, thanks to some well-placed tectonic plates, and volcanic activity, the islands today known ...

Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes located in the Hawaiian Islands, which also include Mauna Loa, the world's largest ... Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, ...

Tectonic plates are massive, rigid segments of the Earth's lithosphere ... The Hawaiian Islands were actually formed by a ...

Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates that are slowly moving, at about the same speed as a fingernail grows. Volcanoes typically occur where these plates either move away from each other or ...

The largest volcano in the world, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, has been erupting for 48 hours.The USGS announced the eruption at 11:30 p.m. HST on November 27 and lava is now flowing towards the northeast ...