Lava flows are outpourings of molten rock on the Earth's surface. They're very common in volcanic eruptions, and they come in different forms, according to AccuWeather. Pahoehoe lava is smooth and can ...

Volcanic eruptions can be one of nature's most destructive forces with lava scorching anything in its path and disrupting the local ecosystem for thousands of years. Lava flows from eruptions, such as ...

HONOLULU — The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano’s latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island this week, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal ...

UB researcher Stephan Kolzenburg is having a busy summer studying volcanoes around the world to deepen scientists’ understanding of lava flow. “When Nyiragongo erupted in 2021,” Kolzenburg says, “more ...

HONOLULU — Prayer, bombs, walls — over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna ...

Since the end of the 2018 lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption on Kilauea Volcano, questions have surfaced concerning how long it will take for the new lava flows to solidify. This is a difficult ...

The state is proposing to bulldoze a short access road in the remote Ka‘u Forest Reserve to improve management of native ecosystems and maintain a hooved- animal-proof fence, according to a draft ...