A bill proposed by state Rep. Sean Quinlan would bar siting landfills over aquifers but loosen restrictions against placing ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no ...

Like fortune tellers who peer into a crystal ball for insight, volcanologists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory peer ...

Like fortune tellers who peer into a crystal ball for insight, volcanologists at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory peer into the ...

An undersea volcano off the Oregon coast will likely erupt in 2025, and scientists can use the lessons learned from ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Note: The summit eruption of Kl ...

This year, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park visitors greeted the New Year with displays of lava ... photos, maps, recent earthquake information, and more. Email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov.

Fountains of lava burst from the Hawaiian volcano’s summit caldera, sending lava hundreds of feet into the air. Wanmei Liang/NASA Earth Observatory/USGS An image released by the NASA Earth ...

At dawn on Dec. 31, 2024 the eruption in Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) continued. The plume of volcanic gas seen here was blown to the southwest of Kaluapele across the closed Crater Rim Drive in ...

Lava activity has been ... This reference map depicts the new Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater on December 23, 2024, constructed using data captured during a USGS Hawaiian Volcano ...