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VOLCANO, Hawaii (Island News) -- Kilauea volcano has quieted down once again and steam is rising from it. Here is a look at ...

Kilauea volcano has quieted down once again and there was steam rising from it which means that there’s no active eruption.

For one thing, the onyx-tinted sand here owes its unique hue to the ongoing volcanic activity of Kilauea in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. And for another, this beach is often visited by honu ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

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About 6,000 of the more than 16,000 people living in areas nearest the volcano had been evacuated to other villages, said Heronimus Lamawuran, a Flores government official. Abdul said supplies of ...

About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby ...

Snorkelers like to visit this remote bay on Hawai'i's west coast for the tropical fish, sea turtles and Hawaiian spinner dolphins that are plainly visible just below the calm, shallow water's ...

Interpretation of seismic reflection profiles in the southwestern Eurasia Basin and north of Svalbard support a regional mantle thermal anomaly as the source of intraplate Cenozoic magmatism and ...

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