Chef and writer J. Kenji López-Alt cooks up a kid’s book
Tropical Gardening: In times like these, consider a bamboo trek
Let’s Talk Food: Beef tendons
My friend Amy asked me to write about tendons as her friend said she eats it because growing up in Waipio Valley, her mother fed her that so she would have no problem walking up and down the steep road.
Volcano Watch: Doppler radar in Ka‘u is more than a weather radar
Driving Highway 11 from Volcano to Wai‘ohinu on sunny, vog-free days, it’s hard to miss that bright white soccer ball on the slope of Mauna Loa above Pahala Town.
Tropical Gardening: Plant tropical Asian fruit trees and experience the Old World
Let’s Talk Food: Baking a perfect cake
There is nothing better than a moist, tender, homemade cake for a special celebration. But what does it take to make that perfect cake?
Volcano Watch: Water was in Kilauea caldera before the 2018 summit collapse
On July 4, 2018, an observer at the Volcano House Hotel was watching the evolving collapse of Halema‘uma‘u Crater, 4 km (2.5 miles) away. Suddenly he did a double take, blinked a couple of times, but couldn’t erase the dark line descending the wall of Kilauea caldera above Halema‘uma‘u. Not knowing what it was, he dubbed it the ‘black streak.’
Tropical Gardening: Plant local gardens with tropical fruits
Making sure they’re ready: Full Life provides dozens of clients with disaster preparedness kits
Let’s Talk Food: Southeast Asian dishes
Volcano Watch: How hot is Kilauea’s summit water lake?
The recent first anniversary of the appearance of water at Kilauea’s summit is a reminder of how much has changed since the end of the 2018 eruption and summit collapse.
Tropical Gardening: Perils lurk in paradise
Could COVID-19 inspire the faithful? Scholars predict spirituality surge in our future
Kahakai Elementary School secures plastic shields for student and teacher desks
Let’s Talk Food: Making kimchi
Volcano Watch: Kilauea Volcano’s summit water lake is 1 year old
On July 25, 2019, ponded water was first observed within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea Volcano. Over the past twelve months, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has watched this amazing body of water grow from a nascent pond into a veritable lake, the first observed within Kilauea caldera in at least 200 years.
Tropical Gardening: Hawaii forests and gardens radically altered by diseases, insects and man
Community and nonprofits raise funds for education materials
Let’s Talk Food: Curries from around the world
Volcano Watch: HVO looking to install seismographs in your community
The Youth and Education in Science (YES) program at USGS in collaboration with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is launching a community outreach and educational project called Bridging Local Outreach &Seismic Signal Monitoring in Hawaii. BLOSSM aims at engaging local students and communities through seismology.
