Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates.

Past “Volcano Watch” articles have summarized the episodic lava fountaining eruptions in Kilauea’s recent history — within ...

The Yellowstone supervolcano Yellowstone supervolcano, which lies underneath a 30–by–45–mile crater Yellowstone Caldera, has ...

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...

NASA has contributed a complementary perspective from the air. Researchers used NASA airborne remote-sensing technology to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1 /3 USGS Live view from Halemaumau crater from the southern rim of the caldera [V3cam ]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and ...

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...

The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains the largest known eruption of the Holocene, our current geological epoch ...

Continuous lava fountaining began about 2 p.m. today within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater as the 12th episode of the ongoing summit eruption continues, according to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

HONOLULU — Lava from Hawaii’s most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...