Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

Based on the 1872 map and the associated narrative ... Volcano activity updates Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since December 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert ...

The collapse volume at the summit nearly matched the effused lava volume on the rift zone. In this regard, 1868 was a little ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift ...

Magnitude-3.4 at 12:46 a.m. March 11 at 10 miles southeast of Pāhala and depth of 20 miles. Magnitude-3.4 at 4:08 p.m. March 10 at 3 miles west of Puakō and depth of 21 miles.

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Comparison of Maunaloa summit caldera maps from 1841 by Wilkes (top) and 1872 as published by the Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper in Honolulu (bottom). Note contour lines in the center of ...

Geologists say Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode ...