Subsequent Mauna Loa eruption could possibly be forecast months prematurely

It might be attainable to forecast the subsequent eruption of Hawai’i’s Mauna Loa – the world’s largest energetic volcano – greater than two months prematurely because of a brand new understanding of what triggers its eruptions.

“Hawai’i is usually seen as this place in volcanology the place it’s so well-studied we should know every thing about it, however within the 2020s there are nonetheless issues but to be found,” says Kendra Lynn on the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.