🌋 NEWS: Volcanic hotspots usually ooze #lava slowly, but Mount #Etna, #Iceland, and Kilauea sometimes hurl molten rock hundreds of meters skyward.
New #USGS #research examines #Kilauea’s recent #eruptions, drawing on 35 monitoring stations and years of ground inflation #data to test competing explanations for what actually powers these lava fountains.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/whats-been-driving-hawaiis-lava-fountains/
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