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Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate

The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record, officials announced Monday. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now the highest they’ve been in more than 4 million years because of the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again, summit crater glows

India Today

Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images indicating Kilauea had begun erupting inside Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit caldera, the agency said. Kilauea’s summit is inside …

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2 years ago

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

Associated Press

HONOLULU — U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes — one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial Big Island highway — have stopped erupting. “Kilauea is no longer erupting,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement Tuesday, followed by a separate one …

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2 years ago

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

Associated Press

HONOLULU — The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end. “We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, said during a …

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2 years ago

Hawaii: Scientists lower alert for world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa, say eruption can end soon

Firstpost

Mauna Loa began spewing molten rock on 27 November after being quiet for 38 years, drawing onlookers to take in the incandescent spectacle and setting some nerves on edge early on among people who’ve lived through destructive eruptions Honolulu: Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on …

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2 years ago

Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome reprieve for motorists who depend on the road. Mauna Loa was still erupting Thursday morning, but the lava that was feeding the flow heading toward the crucial …

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2 years ago

Hawaii road in limbo as Mauna Loa lava continues to crawl

Associated Press

HONOLULU — About a week-and-a-half since the world’s largest volcano began erupting, Hawaii officials continue to brace for slow-moving lava to intersect with a crucial Big Island road, even though scientists are not sure when or even if that will happen. “And so just based on its current behavior and all the variables involved, it’s very difficult to estimate a …

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2 years ago

Aerial images used to map lava from Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii

ABC

Scientists are using satellites and helicopters to map lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano, and say they're seeing the lava continue its slow progress across the Big Island. Aerial image of fissure 3 erupting on the north-east rift zone of Mauna Loa Officials were initially concerned that lava flowing down the side of the volcano would head toward the …

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2 years ago

Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway

Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. Hawaii County Councilor Susan “Sue” L. K. Lee Loy, who represents Hilo and parts of Puna, said she’s concerned about big rigs …

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2 years ago

Lava from Mauna Loa threatens main highway on Hawaii’s Big Island

LA Times

A man talks on a phone in his car alongside Saddle Road as the Mauna Loa volcano erupts Wednesday near Hilo, Hawaii. Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. Hawaii County Councilwoman …

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2 years ago

Hawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season

Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii — The spectacle of incandescent lava spewing from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has drawn thousands of visitors and is turning into a tourism boon for this Big Island town near the world’s largest volcano. “We’re sold out until after Christmas.” She attributed the increase to people wanting to watch the rivers of bright orange molten rock gush from Mauna …

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2 years ago

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

The Hindu

Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii's volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. More than 50 years later, Thomas A. Jaggar, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, asked U.S. Army Air Services to send planes to bomb a Mauna Loa vent to disrupt lava channels. Jagger …

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2 years ago

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Associated Press

Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Jagger said the bombing helped to “hasten the end of the flow,” but Howard Stearns, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist onboard the last bombing run, was doubtful. In his 1983 autobiography, he wrote: “I …

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2 years ago

See the Mauna Loa volcano lava flow and track the air quality in Hawaii

CNN

CNN — The lava spewing from the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii continues to flow. The historic lava flows have varied in size and direction, depending on the event, over the years: While the latest eruption hasn’t threatened the island’s infrastructure, it has raised concerns about air quality both for local residents and those living downwind across the Pacific Ocean. …

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2 years ago

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor and reflect

LA Times

Illona Ilae of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, leaves an offering in front an altar below the Mauna Loa volcano on Dec. 1, 2022. “A volcanic eruption is a physical manifestation of so many natural and spiritual forces for Hawaiians,” said Ilihia Gionson, a Hawaii Tourism Authority spokesperson who is Native Hawaiian and lives on the Big Island. “People who are unfamiliar with …

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2 years ago

Viewers flock to watch glowing lava ooze from Hawaii volcano

Associated Press

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — The world’s largest volcano oozed rivers of glowing lava Wednesday, drawing thousands of awestruck viewers who jammed a Hawaii highway that could soon be covered by the flow. Ken Hon, scientist in charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said at current flow rate, the soonest the lava would get to the road is two days, but it …

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2 years ago

Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers

Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii — The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among some Hawaii residents who have been through harrowing volcanic experiences in the past. “We’re thankful the lava flow is not affecting residential areas at …

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2 years ago

Eruption of Mauna Loa ignites concern among residents — and curiosity among onlookers

LA Times

Spectators watch lava flow from down from Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii on Tuesday. “We’re thankful the lava flow is not affecting residential areas at this time, allowing schools and businesses to remain open,” he said in a statement. “I’m issuing this Emergency Proclamation now to allow responders to respond quickly or limit access, if necessary, as …

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2 years ago

EXPLAINER: What hazards are posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. Mauna Loa’s volume is estimated to be at least 18,000 cubic miles, making it the world’s largest volcano when measured from the ocean floor to its summit. Mauna Loa …

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2 years ago

Hawaii: Eruption of Mauna Loa spurs warning for people to prepare in case of worst-case scenario

Firstpost

The eruption began late Sunday night following a series of fairly large earthquakes, said Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be …

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2 years ago

Mauna Loa volcano eruption: World’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii

The Independent

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2 years ago

World’s largest volcano, Muana Lao, erupts for the first time in decades

The Hindu

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, the U.S. authorities said, as emergency crews went on alert early Monday. Flows of lava remained “contained” within the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, but the eruption could pose a threat to nearby residents should conditions change, the United States …

Volcano Hawaii Usgs Mauna Loa Lava Flows

2 years ago

WATCH: World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii

Firstpost

Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It last erupted in 1984 Honolulu: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities …

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2 years ago

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings

Associated Press

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Waves of orange, glowing lava and ash blasted and billowed from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario. The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn’t immediately endangering towns, but the U.S. Geological Survey warned …

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Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again, summit crater glows

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

Hawaii: Scientists lower alert for world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa, say eruption can end soon

Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway

Hawaii road in limbo as Mauna Loa lava continues to crawl

Aerial images used to map lava from Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii

Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway

Lava from Mauna Loa threatens main highway on Hawaii’s Big Island

Hawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

See the Mauna Loa volcano lava flow and track the air quality in Hawaii

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor and reflect

Viewers flock to watch glowing lava ooze from Hawaii volcano

Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers

Eruption of Mauna Loa ignites concern among residents — and curiosity among onlookers

EXPLAINER: What hazards are posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?

Hawaii: Eruption of Mauna Loa spurs warning for people to prepare in case of worst-case scenario

Mauna Loa volcano eruption: World’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii

World’s largest volcano, Muana Lao, erupts for the first time in decades

WATCH: World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings