Welcome to CSAV!

The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV), on the Big Island of Hawaii, operates out of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The Center is a training and outreach program founded by Robert W. Decker. CSAV's mission is to provide information on volcanic and natural hazards that occur in Hawaii and worldwide. CSAV has been operating since 1989, and is a cooperative program of the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH), the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), and the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM).

CSAV is digitally archiving old slides and the Volcano House Register!	Nuevo! CSAV en español. Enjoy our Spanish version!	Field Camp (GEOL 471) is on for Summer of 2012. Apply early!
Visit our CSAV channel on YouTube for dozens of outstanding mini videos!	YouTube not available? CSAV Channel is up and running on Vimeo!	Keep up-to-date on Facebook for CSAV events & hazard updates.

Visit Natural Hazards and protect yourself from floods, earthquakes, etc!

New! Read about the Robert Decker Endowment Fund!

Why is there Lightning and a waterspout in this eruption? Find out!

Photo above was taken 17 July 2010. Residents watch as lava covers the intersection of Highways 130 & 137 at the western edge of Kalapana. Photo credit: CSAV. Photo at right was taken in 1990 in Kalapana. Photo credit: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

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