Have you ever wondered why the Pacific Ocean seems to be constantly shaking and erupting, as if the very earth beneath it is ...

A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

A massive stone monolith has been found protruding from the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and 13 feet wide, ...

The leftover slurry of water, sediment and crushed nodules is then dumped back into the middle of the water column, creating plumes. While the discharge depth is still under discussion, some mining ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kilauea eruption in Halema‘uma ...

As a Hawaii local born and raised in Maui, some of the best things to do here include hiking Twin Falls, but I'd skip cliff ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...

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