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When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.
This photo was taken by a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring webcam just before 6 a.m. July 9, 2025, during Episode 28 ...
HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this ...
The County of Kaua'i Housing Agency is holding a meeting on Kīlauea town expansion on July 31 at Anaina Hou Pavilion.
Stunning misty morning views of lava fountains at Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu Crater were framed by a rainbow during the volcano’s ...
Lava is once again shooting skyward at Kīlauea's summit in Hawaiʻi, as Episode 27 of explosive fountaining was captured by ...
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.
Kīlauea’s eruptive fervor eventually subsided—and as the lava flows slowed to a trickle, the bloom ebbed and eventually disappeared. But the phytoplankton may still have left their mark on ...
This was the 12th episode of Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele that began on December 23, 2024. Eruptive episides have lasted from 12 hours to 8 days.
Kīlauea is Hawaii’s second largest volcano and it erupted from September 2021 to December 2022. For roughly two weeks in November and December 2022, Hawaii’s biggest volcano (Mauna Loa) was ...
Environment Kīlauea has belched 4.2 billion gallons of lava—and it isn’t done yet The volcano is giving us a show with glass, lava lakes, and vog (yes, you read that correctly). By Elana Spivack ...
Hawai‘i Island police on Sunday afternoon recovered the bodies of two women from within a massive iconic banyan tree that ...