A paper published this month in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society details the development and utility of a computer model for the dispersion of volcanic smog or "vog," which forms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two buzzwords associated with the air quality impacts of volcanic activity are "vog" and "laze" - but what is the difference, and ...

There is no season for vog. Whether it occurs and where it occurs depends on which way the prevailing winds are blowing and the activities of Madame Pele in Kilauea. After the increase in activity in ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Health Department said the eruption at Mauna Loa could negatively impact air quality, and is urging those with respiratory conditions to take precautions. On ...

PAHALA (KHNL) - Keeping a child indoors during recess is normally reserved for students who misbehave. But that's not the case on the Big Island. Every student is kept inside when the air quality is ...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years, sending lava spewing 100 feet to 200 feet into the air. For now, lava is not threatening any ...

The recent eruption activity on Kilauea has prompted renewed efforts by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Vog Measurement and Prediction (VMAP) Project. The team's focus is to create forecasts of ...

It has been more than three weeks that the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is hotting out lava, ash in the sky. The ash cloud can be seen from miles away. However, along with the molten rock ...

The rim of Kilauea Volcano’s summit caldera, normally clear on days with tradewinds, left, has become nearly obscured by vog on days without tradewinds, beginning in 2008 when sulfur dioxide emissions ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Light winds and vog will spread across the islands on Wednesday. Tonight, there will be mostly clear skies. Lows are in the upper 60s. Wednesday, partly cloudy skies with ...