Study reveals how gas bubbles shaped Kīlauea's 2018 lava flow

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Jul 13, 2026, 12:20 pm294 ptsTop
The lava that buried entire neighborhoods during the 2018 Kīlauea eruption was composed of nearly 80% gas bubbles near its source. A recent study shows that those bubbles played a central role in controlling how fast and far the lava traveled and that lava flow models need to account for bubbles to more…

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