Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured ...

Examining familiar place names in the chant, compared with the geographic extent of the flow field mapped by Holcomb, ...

Visitors can access the lava tube by visiting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The entrance is an easy walk from the parking lot by Chain of Craters Road. The tube is open 24 hours a day ...

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawaiʻi. Interweaving cultural ...

Centuries of eruptions on the Big Island have created hidden networks of passages beneath volcanoes. In December 2016 a large lava delta formed by Kilauea volcano sank into the sea, exposing the ...

A man in Hawaii has died after falling down a "lava tube" - a tunnel formed by volcanic eruptions - while trimming trees on his property. Police say the 71-year-old had apparently fallen about ...

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawai‘i. Interweaving cultural ...

The second installment of our World Heritage Series sees us take a trip to Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, South Korea’s only natural site to make the revered list of United Nation designated ...

Tiltmeters are a crucial component of the volcanic monitoring network in Hawaii. By detecting subtle changes in ground ...

Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low ...

In 2002 the volcano shot more than 15 million cubic yards of lava into downtown Goma, destroying 14,000 homes, burying buildings to the top of the first floor, and forcing 350,000 citizens to flee.