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Ars Technica covers a USGS study in Science on what drives Kilauea's dramatic lava fountains, showing eruptions can be predicted by summit tilt levels and weighing magma fragmentation via water/steam against CO2-driven foam release as the driving mechanisms.
Research indicates that rapid caldera collapse during the 2022 Hunga eruption enhanced the tsunami, suggesting small undersea volcanoes can generate outsized tsunamis.
Scientists are advancing the prediction of volcanic eruptions by deepening their understanding of underground physics and leveraging machine learning, with the goal of achieving forecasts as reliable as weather predictions.
This article examines how historical volcanic eruptions, such as the 1883 Krakatau eruption, have altered global climate and societies, laying the groundwork for modern volcanology.