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While old-fashioned eyes and a notebook are used when field teams are near a volcano, modern volcano observatories also use rapidly collected data and computers to support monitoring. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory computers are ‘trained’ to look for activity and send alerts when a volcano is changing or becoming active.

Fishermen on Kaua‘i and the Big Island will trial a new method of tagging ‘ahi, or yellowfin tuna, this summer.

An international team of scientists, with the help of three observatories atop Maunakea on the Big Island, discovered the relatively close exoplanet dubbed Gliese 12 b in our galactic neighborhood.

Rain gauges in Maui County recorded near to above-average rainfall so far this year through the end of April, according to a report from the National Weather Service.

Seismic activity at the summit and along the southwest Koaʻe fault system continues following an intrusion of magma into the area at the end of January, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports. The HVO says despite recent activity, Kīlauea volcano is not currently erupting.

The decommissioning of the University of Hawaiʻi’s Hōkū Keʻa Observatory on Maunakea met a critical milestone with the environmental assessment finding no significant impact to remove two buildings and supporting infrastructure.

The UH Board of Regents on May 19 unanimously approved an update to the comprehensive management plan of Maunakea land managed by UH.

An 85-year-old Puna woman remains in critical condition and two men were also injured after a vicious attack involving multiple dogs on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 in Kea‘au on Hawai‘i Island.

Scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa published a study based on a time-series of rainfall data on the Big Island that shows extreme events, such as volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, can affect the chemistry of precipitation.

Pele returned to the summit of Kīlauea on the evening of Dec. 20, 2020. Incredible video documents the start of the new eruption in Halema‘uma‘u and the dynamic ongoing activity. There was no significant change that suggested lava would erupt again so rapidly, but there were subtle signs of restless behavior around Kīlauea’s summit in the months prior to the eruption.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have opened a Missing Persons investigation in connection with two overdue fishermen who were believed to have been swept into the ocean in Ka‘ū on Hawai‘i Island.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is warning the public to stay out of Kaohaoha Gulch below Mamalahoa Highway in ‘Ō‘ōkala, Hawai‘i as it has been contaminated with animal waste.

Lau Ola LLC, a medical cannabis provider, announced that the company is now operating under the new brand name of Big Island Grown (B.I.G.) Dispensaries.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Clean Water Branch is pursuing an environmental enforcement action against Hū Honua in Pepe‘ekeo on Hawai‘i Island.

The U. S. Geological Survey is looking into what next for Kīlauea.

This latest chapter in Kīlauea’s remarkable story is still unfolding, but already it’s clear that 2018 marks a watershed for volcano science, not only in Hawaii but also worldwide.

My 37-year stint with the U.S. Geological Survey—16 years at the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) and 21 at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)—ends this month.

In 1902, Thomas A. Jaggar, a geologist and founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), visited the scene of one of the most deadly volcanic disasters in modern history: Mount Pelee on the Caribbean Island of Martinique.

USGS describes their deformation monitoring network and highlights how the community of scientists who study ground motion helped increase Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s monitoring capabilities during Kīlauea’s recent events.