A slow motion eruption of sorts is continuing on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, with a sluggish stream of lava heading towards a highway that bisects the Big Island.
When Mauna Loa came to life Sunday, it not only marked the first time in nearly 40 years that the world's largest active volcano erupted, but also the first time in that time span that Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park's two volcanoes erupted simultaneously.
Two moderate earthquakes, one of which registered as a magnitude 5 temblor, rattled the island of Hawaii on Friday morning and could be related to recent geologic activity at Mauna Loa in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A jump in the daily number of earthquakes that are shuddering beneath Mauna Loa at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has prompted a backcountry closure at the volcano's summit.
Nāhuku lava tube in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is closed until further notice while geologists study its stability in the wake of movement of a large rock slab in the tube.
If you’re interested in volcanoes, you need not go further than our national parks to get your fill. Did you know that 84 units of the National Park System have volcanic resources? These parks run the gamut of having very active volcanic features to those where volcanoes formed the landscape and contribute to the geodiversity of the park.
National parks across the country continue to lag behind a court-ordered schedule to complete air-tour management plans and are failing to conduct environmentally required studies as they develop those plans, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
More than 16,000 acres, including Pōhue Bay, have been transferred to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park by the Trust for Public Land in a transaction expected to protect the bay's ecosystems and surrounding cultural resources.
The monthslong eruption of Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park back in 2018 did a great deal of damage to the park and its infrastructure, including impacts to the Jaggar Museum and nearby buildings on the brim of the volcano that left them unusable. Now the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey are ready to move forward with a disaster recovery plan that is open for public comment.
A federal appellate court has given the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration until late July to explain why they are so behind in crafting air-tour management plans for many units of the National Park System.