When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.

Fast forward to 2025, and there have been only three eruptions of Mauna Loa in the past 75 years since 1950: 1975, 1984, and ...

Learn more about BLOBS, mantel plumes 1,500 miles into Earth's mantel that contribute to massive volcanic eruptions on the ...

Update at 3:37 p.m. July 9, 2025: Episode 28 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption of the Big Island’s Kīlauea volcano ...

Episode 28 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 4:10 a.m. on July 9 and is currently exhibiting a vent overflow and fountains reaching roughly 150 feet. Past episodes have produced ...

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...

The spectacular lava fountains that marked Kilauea’s 27th eruptive episode came to an abrupt stop at 7:54 p.m. Sunday, ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii erupts for 25th time since December, spewing lava 330 feet high: "Here we go again!" ...

The Kilauea volcano alert level and aviation color code remain at watch and orange, HVO said, adding all eruption activity remains within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.