Lava flow moves in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii, May 6, 2018. USGS via AP May 8, 2018 Lava, ash flows, mudslides and nasty gases: Good reasons to respect volcanoes Brittany Brand, Boise State University Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
Where there’s smoke, there will be lava? U.S. Geological Survey via AP May 4, 2018 Each volcano has unique warning signs that eruption is imminent Tracy K.P. Gregg, University at Buffalo How do scientists predict volcanic eruptions? To do so with accuracy, they need to know the individual volcano and its history very well.
Plinian Column. US Geological Survey May 18, 2015 Where were you when the mountain blew? Remembering the eruption of Mount St Helens Brittany Brand, Boise State University Thirty five years after the devastating eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcanologist looks back on how it unfolded – and how it forever changed our understanding of how volcanoes work.