Kilauea volcano in Hawaii begins Episode 42 of its summit eruption, with lava fountains confined to Halemaumau crater in ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...

Since late 2024, Klauea has unleashed 42 episodic fountaining events, each typically lasting a day or less, separated by recharging pauses like the recent 19-day lull after Episode 41.

Kīlauea volcano in Hawaiʻi Island erupted dramatically, sending lava fountains reaching 1,300 feet high. This event marked the 42nd in an ongoing series of eruptions that began in December 2024 and ...

A week-and-a-half after Episode 41 of Kilauea’s yearlong summit eruption deposited tephra — lightweight volcanic glass debris ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

Fluid inclusions in volcanoes are dominantly composed of carbon dioxide. At magmatic temperatures — 2,192 degrees — the density of the carbon dioxide strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced ...

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) recorded rising temperatures, increased gas emissions ...

In the neighborhoods near the Kīlauea volcano, volcanic debris crushes under foot and car, crunching with every step. The 41st episode of the Big Island’s latest eruption threw ash and tephra, a ...

This map shows the tephra fall associated with episode 41 of Kilauea's episodic summit eruption, on Jan. 24. Tephra is a generic word for any material erupted by a volcano that travels through the air ...