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Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms
51+ min ago (526+ words) Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull " 5 feet long (1. 5 meters) and built to enable bone-crunching bite force " but presented preposterously puny arms. And many other meat-eating dinosaurs shared this mismatched combination of traits. So how did this come to be?...
Big Island residents report damage from magnitude 6. 0 quake
5+ day, 51+ min ago (454+ words) Hawaii News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald...
Civil Defense requests earthquake damage reports
6+ day, 29+ min ago (470+ words) Hawaii County Civil Defense and Mayor Kimo Alameda are urging residents and businesses to assess their property in the wake of Friday night's earthquake that rocked Hawaii Island. In a statement, the county's emergency managers on Saturday asked the public…...
Volcano Watch: Kilauea is all tied up at 47 episodes
6+ day, 39+ min ago (727+ words) The lava fountains that erupted a week ago on Thursday, May 14, marked the 47th episode of the ongoing Halema'uma'u eruption. This episode tied the 1983-1986 initial phase of the Pu'u 'O'o eruption, which had a total of 47 events, for the most fountaining…...
Volcano Watch: Think Hawaii has many volcanoes? Think again, says El Salvador
2+ week, 6+ day ago (312+ words) This past March, a team of U. S. Geological Survey scientists " two of whom travelled from Hawaii " visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a workshop on lava flow hazards. Exchanges like this help to improve awareness of…...
Lava fountaining marks start of Episode 46 at Kilauea
3+ week, 3+ day ago (217+ words) A screenshot of lava fountaining in Halemaumau today, from the northwest rim of the caldera during Episode 46. Kilauea began a new episode of lava fountaining at its summit today, prompting an ashfall advisory for parts of Hawaii Island. The Hawaiian…...
Volcano Watch: Kilauea summit eruptions outside of Halema'uma'u
3+ week, 6+ day ago (447+ words) We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema'uma'u. Halema'uma'u, home of Pele, is a crater situated within the larger, steep-walled caldera at the summit of Kilauea…...
Volcano Watch: Shallow earthquakes and ground deformation at Kilauea's summit highlight hazards near Halema'uma'u
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (403+ words) The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the south rim of Halema'uma'u crater, in Kilauea summit's south caldera region. This activity highlights the dynamic and hazardous nature of the closed area…...
Volcano Watch: Taking Kilauea's temperature
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (707+ words) Left: Kilauea tephra glass magnesium oxide for the ongoing summit fountaining eruption (black circles) compared to the ranges of glass magnesium oxide for the 2020-2023 and April-May 2018 Halema'uma'u eruptions. Right: Electron microscope image of glassy tephra with round gas bubbles from…...
Volcano Watch: Revising Kilauea's Alert Level and Aviation Color Code notifications
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (663+ words) The USGS Volcano Alert Level (ground-based hazards) and Aviation Color Code (airborne hazards) communicate Kilauea status and activity. After episode 44, which is forecast to begin between April 6-14, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory will change how it applies the Alert Level…...