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Volcano Watch: Progress can be slow but adds up

Hawaiian volcanoes seem to remain active for several hundred thousand, perhaps a million, years. Mauna Loa is well into its life span and will, eventually, be replaced by Lōʻihi, now a large and growing seamount south of the island.

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Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for November 29, 2012

On Kilauea’s east rift zone, surface lava flows are still active on the coastal plain. Lava reached the ocean on Saturday, November 24, creating a very weak ocean entry with a small, sporadic plume.

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Volcano Watch: Who's the hottest of them all?

Volcano Watch: Who’s the hottest of them all?

(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) Hawaii is the quintessential “hotspot.” The geologic definition of a “hotspot” is that region of the Earth beneath an area that has experienced high levels of active volcanism for an extended period of time. The 5,800-km (3,200-mile) Hawaiian-Emperor […]

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