The alert level for Mauna Loa is currently “normal”; we expect to see additional changes such as increased seismicity or gas emissions before any future eruption. Even during quiet times, keeping a ...

Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. For now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow accumulation at the summit of Mauna Loa, an active volcano on the Island of Hawaii, was visible from a satellite early on ...

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

A massive, iron-rich structure sitting at the base of Earth’s mantle beneath the Hawaiian Islands may be doing more than scientists previously understood to fuel the archipelago’s volcanic activity.

Research conducted by a University of Miami scientist and his graduate assistant accurately predicted which of the two rift zones of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano would erupt. The Mauna Loa, the world's ...