It sounds weird, but snow in Hawaii isn't unusual at all. That's because the islands have mountains. It even occasionally ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater has been going on for more than 3 months now, with 16 eruptive ...

One tool that scientists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory use to measure ... it entered a multi-year phase of lava flows building a shield and traveling downslope towards the ocean.

Geologists study Kilauea not only for its eruptions but also for its role in forming the Hawaiian Islands. As a shield volcano, Kilauea’s eruptions typically produce low-viscosity lava flows ...

Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions. These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads and hardens over a wider area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a ...

Looming over Waikiki Beach on Oahu, Diamond Head is Hawaii’s most famous landmark. Hawaiians called it “Lēʻahi” because it ...

This is the Garden Island, Kauai, Hawaii. As you guys can see ... which is an old extinct cone of a shield volcano by sea. We were able to take the dinghy out to admire some of the caves and ...