While most people are familiar with “the floor being lava” as a concept—even as a Netflix show—it’s rare for there to be a literal lava floor. But that is indeed the case when geologists collect hot ...

In the past, HVO would occasionally post images of people collecting lava samples on our website. These photos usually featured a person (with little-exposed skin) holding a rock hammer, with a metal ...

How do you collect a fresh, uncontaminated lava sample hot from the volcano, then get it to the lab without it growing pesky crystals? Check out how researchers with the United States Geological ...

Hawaii’s Mokuʻāweoweo, or Mauna Loa, hadn’t seen any external activity for nearly four decades when it erupted in November. Lava flowed from the volcano’s caldera for almost two weeks; ash drifted ...