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Lava, ash flows, mudslides and nasty gases: Good reasons to respect volcanoes

  • Written by Brittany Brand, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University
Lava flow moves in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii, May 6, 2018.USGS via AP, CC BY

Volcanoes are beautiful and awe-inspiring, but the ongoing eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island is showing how dangerous these events can be. So far this event has destroyed dozens of homes and displaced hundreds of...

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