For decades, scientists believed that magma chambers beneath volcanoes were transient, forming before an eruption and then ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December on Monday ...

The lack of wind allowed the eruption plume, and all the particles in it, to spread out to the north dropping Pele’s hair ...

While lava flows remain confined to the Kīlauea summit caldera, the eruption produces hazards such as volcanic gas emissions, vog (volcanic smog) and Pele's hair—a type of volcanic glass—that ...

Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano, which has erupted several times since the end of ...

It noted that these hazards could be enhanced by earthquakes, which would endanger members of the public that ventured too close to the volcano within the national park. "This underscores the ...

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent ...

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Residents and visitors alike have been ...

Pele’s Hair is the name for the strands of volcanic glass that are created when globs of liquid lava are stretched apart during an eruption. These golden strands can be more than a meter (3 feet ...