What’s been driving Hawaii’s lava fountains?

October 9, 2026 · 4:40 pm 2 sources

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• What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
  Ars Technica · October 9, 2026 21:05
  Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.

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• Kīlauea's swelling summit helps scientists forecast lava fountain eruptions
  Phys.org · October 9, 2026 16:40
  Episodic lava fountaining is a rare volcanic behavior in which repeated, hours-long bursts of molten lava and gas are spewed from volcanic vents, with quiet pauses lasting days to weeks between episodes. These lava fountains have been observed in active volcanoes in places like Hawaii, Iceland and…