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Kilauea’s Lava Just Blazed a New Trail of Destruction to the Ocean

Kilauea’s lava has continued to spread its fiery tentacles over the Big Island. Overnight on Monday, lava reached the sea near Kapoho Bay. As dawn rose on Tuesday, it became clear that it had consumed hundreds of houses to get there. Kilauea’s East Rift Zone has been the site of an ongoing eruption for weeks.…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jun 5

Kilauea’s Lava Has Leveled Up Again

Kilauea’s days of pumping old, stale magma to the surface are officially over and done. According to scientists with the US Geological Survey (USGS), the volcano is tapping the hottest, freshest magma it possibly can, which is making for some frighteningly fast-moving flows. On Wednesday, the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported epic, 200-foot tall lava…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 31

Hottest, Fastest Lava Yet Prompts Further Evacuations in Hawaii

Residents of two Big Island communities have been advised to evacuate, as fast-moving magma from the Kilauea volcano threatens the few remaining escape routes. “Heed evacuation orders,” warned Hawaii’s mayor, “or you’re on your own.” For the residents of Hawaii’s Lower Puna community, Mount Kilauea is proving to be an unrelenting foe. Since the eruptions…

Tech News George Dvorsky May 31

Kilauea Is Making Its Own Weather

After blue flames, towering ash clouds, and gurgling fountains of lava, the fourth horseman of the volcanic apocalypse has arrived at Kilauea: Hawaii’s most active volcano has created its own weather system. The U.S Geological Survey (USGS) reported that billowing pyrocumulus clouds are rising over Kilauea’s angry eruption at Fissure 8 in the Lower East…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 29

Lava From Kilauea Volcano Reaches Well at Geothermal Power Plant

Lava from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has reached the Puna Geothermal Venture plant, covering a well and threatening another. At the same time, fast-moving lava flows are now threatening nearby communities, prompting new evacuations. “Lava flow from Fissures 7 and 21 crossed into PGV [Puna Geothermal Venture] property overnight and has now covered one well…

Tech News George Dvorsky May 28

New Evacuation Plan in Place as Third Kilauea Lava Flow Reaches Ocean

US Marine Corps stationed in Hawaii are now on standby to help with evacuations should lava flows cut off the only remaining escape route from the beleaguered Puna neighborhood. The latest threat comes as the Big Island enters its fourth week of eruptions, and as a third lava flow reaches the ocean. At a base…

Tech News George Dvorsky May 25

Please Enjoy Some Lava at Night From Space

We’ve had no shortage of incredible imagery of Kilauea’s eruption over the past three weeks. But while aerial footage is perhaps best for conveying the epic fury of lava fountains, images from space offer a different perspective. This one, for instance, highlights just how searingly hot the landscape is. The false-color image was captured Wednesday…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 25

Now Kilauea’s Eruption Is Producing Wild Blue Flames

With 100-foot fire fountains sending rivers of lava toward the sea, it may seem like Kilauea has exhausted its pyrotechnic bag of tricks. Turns out it hasn’t. Kilauea has now activated blue fire mode. On Tuesday night, as lava continued to scorch soil and vegetation in the Leilani Estates Subdivision, scientists with the U.S. Geological…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 23

Kilauea’s Lava Is Changing—Here’s What That Means

After three weeks, the eruption at Kilauea volcano’s lower East Rift Zone shows no signs of abatement. In fact, dramatic changes to the lava over the last few days suggest things are still heating up—literally. For the first few weeks, the lava oozing out of cracks in the lower East Rift Zone was making relatively…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 21

Kilauea Just Had Its Biggest Eruption Yet

Hawaiians received a rude awakening on Thursday morning when Kilauea blew its top in the most violent summit eruption yet. Just after 4 a.m. local time, Kilauea sent ash towering 30,000 feet above sea level, according to the Associated Press. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency warned residents to shelter in place as ash drifted to…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 17

Scientists Fight Volcano Myths As Kilauea Erupts

Is Hawaii part of the Ring of Fire? Could the ongoing eruption at Kilauea volcano trigger similar outbursts along the West Coast, or explode like Krakatoa? If it weren’t for volcanoes, would the Earth itself explode? The answer to each of these questions is a resounding “no.” And yet all of them were recently promoted…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 17

Kilauea Spews Ash, Golf Continues

Kilauea has been oozing lava for weeks, but things took a turn for the worse on Tuesday when the summit crater sent ash flying up to 12,000 feet above sea level. This sign of the apocalypse apparently wasn’t enough to deter golfers from hitting the links. The above image—which is this year’s version of the…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 16

Authorities Warn Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Could Explosively Erupt, With 17 Fissures Now Reported

The eruption at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has technically been going on for over 30 years, but became a problem in recent weeks when a collapse on its eastern flank started draining its lava lake into surrounding parts of the island. It’s continued to get worse since then, and as of Sunday, CBS…

Tech News Tom McKay May 13

Kilauea Volcano Could Erupt ‘Explosively,’ But What Does That Mean?

The outlook for Kilauea volcano took a turn for the worse this week, when the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) warned that the dramatic draining of the summit crater could herald an “explosive” eruption. The action at Kilauea that has gripped the world’s attention for the past week has mainly consisted of lava…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 10

How Long Until Life Comes Back to Kilauea?

Toxic gases and oozing lava have turned the once vibrant forests on the eastern flank of Kilauea into a wasteland. The destruction may get even worse, with the risk rising for an explosive eruption as the lava lake at the top of the volcano drops. But it’s never too early to start talking about what…

Conservation Brian Kahn May 10

This Is What Hawaii’s Volcanic Eruption Looks Like From Space

Photos of the ongoing, lava-oozing eruption at Kilauea volcano have been going viral for days. Less attention-grabbing—but equally informative—are the images NASA’s been capturing from hundreds of miles up. On Monday, the space agency released the image above, assembled from data captured on May 6 by a thermal imaging camera aboard the Terra satellite. It…

Earther Maddie Stone May 9

Why Kilauea’s Eruption Is Oozing and Not Exploding

The Kilauea eruption that began last week shows no signs of slowing down. The lava lake on the summit of the volcano on the Big Island was overflowing last week before dropping more than 700 feet. Now, all that lava is coming up through fissures in the lower East Rift zone, slowly turning the region…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 7

Believe It or Not, This Is Normal

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s big island has been acting up for weeks. But on Thursday, all hell seemed to break loose when new fissures began to open in the volcano’s East Rift zone, sending lava shooting into the air and causing molten rock to carve a path through the thickly forested Leilani estates residential…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 4

Eruption of Kilauea Volcano Triggers Mandatory Evacuations on Hawaii’s Big Island

The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency in the vicinity of the Mount Kilauea volcano following an eruption late yesterday on the state’s Big Island. Dramatic video footage of the eruption showed plumes of magma shooting into the air, while lava poured from a fissure that opened up near a residential…

Tech News George Dvorsky May 4

Hawaii’s Epic Lava ‘Fire Hose’ Has Returned With a Vengeance

Late last week, a cliff collapse extinguished the dramatic lava flow streaming out of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. We have some good news to report, however: It’s back! Some incredible new footage of the hellish gusher shows it’s alive and well. After the cliff collapsed on February 2nd, the satanic waterfall ground to a halt, but…

Tech News George Dvorsky Feb 7

Kilauea’s Lava Just Blazed a New Trail of Destruction to the Ocean

Kilauea’s Lava Has Leveled Up Again

Hottest, Fastest Lava Yet Prompts Further Evacuations in Hawaii

Kilauea Is Making Its Own Weather

Lava From Kilauea Volcano Reaches Well at Geothermal Power Plant

New Evacuation Plan in Place as Third Kilauea Lava Flow Reaches Ocean

Please Enjoy Some Lava at Night From Space

Now Kilauea’s Eruption Is Producing Wild Blue Flames

Kilauea’s Lava Is Changing—Here’s What That Means

Kilauea Just Had Its Biggest Eruption Yet

Scientists Fight Volcano Myths As Kilauea Erupts

Kilauea Spews Ash, Golf Continues

Authorities Warn Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Could Explosively Erupt, With 17 Fissures Now Reported

Kilauea Volcano Could Erupt ‘Explosively,’ But What Does That Mean?

How Long Until Life Comes Back to Kilauea?

This Is What Hawaii’s Volcanic Eruption Looks Like From Space

Why Kilauea’s Eruption Is Oozing and Not Exploding

Believe It or Not, This Is Normal

Eruption of Kilauea Volcano Triggers Mandatory Evacuations on Hawaii’s Big Island

Hawaii’s Epic Lava ‘Fire Hose’ Has Returned With a Vengeance

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