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New Year’s Eve 1974: Kīlauea’s Most Recent Southwest Rift Zone Eruption

Kīlauea at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, with a majority of its eruptions occurring at its summit or one of its two rift zones, the East Rift Zone and Southwest Rift Zone. The Southwest Rift Zone hasn't erupted since New Year’s Eve 1974; almost exactly 49 years ago.

Glen Canyon NRA Working To Increase Housing For Seasonal Employees

A lack of housing is one of the biggest problems the National Park Service faces in efforts to raise employee morale, and at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in southern Utah and northern Arizona the agency is working with its National Leasing Housing Program to find additional housing for seasonal employees.

Over A Century Of Yellowstone River Streamflow Measurements At Corwin Springs, MT

John Wesley Powell, the second Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1881 to 1894 and explorer of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, recognized that water availability was a significant challenge in the western United States. During Powell’s USGS tenure, systematic inventorying of streams and their flows in the USA began in earnest.

Next Solar Eclipse, In April, Expected to Attract Upwards Of 4 Million Tourists

While this year's annular solar eclipse didn't attract as many folks as some chamber bureaus along the route expected, the upcoming total solar eclipse that arrives in April could prompt as many as 4 million people to travel to areas in the eclipse's path of totality hoping to catch the event.

A Pūpū Platter Of Earthquakes

A pūpū platter is an assortment of appetizers commonly served at social gatherings in Hawaii. During one week in December 2023, Island of Hawaiʻi residents and visitors were treated to an assortment of earthquakes resulting from a variety of different geologic processes, like a pūpū platter of earthquakes!

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