The forecast calls for snow at the highest summits of the Big Island, where snow occurs several times per year, especially ...

Elon Musk's DOGE is considering terminating the lease of a tiny office that supports a huge climate science project.

But here's a shocker: Mauna Kea in Hawaii takes the crown as the tallest volcano on Earth. Measuring over 10,200 meters from ...

Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes and revered as the divine creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Every year, people leave over 10,000 offerings at Pele’s shrine at Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

It sounds weird, but snow in Hawaii isn't unusual at all. That's because the islands have mountains. It even occasionally ...

Shannon Wianecki grew up in Hawaii and writes about the Islands regularly. Hilo sits between the sea, the often-snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea and the smoldering Kilauea volcano. Twice swept ...

There is also a secondary testing site on Mauna Kea, a second volcano about 35 miles north of Mauna Loa, but it, too, depends on NOAA staff to maintain the equipment. Asked how the loss of staff ...