https://ift.tt/3G65yBt US LA PALMA, SPAIN — As the La Palma volcano continues to erupt after two months, molten lava is travelling down toward the Atlantic Ocean at speeds of up to one meter per second through new lava tubes, according to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute, cited by CNN.
Harvard University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences explains that these tubes occur when the top surface of a lava flow cools more rapidly than the underlying lava, forming a crust that insulates the lava below, which stays hotter and flows further as a result.
According to the Canary Island Volcano Association, different types of activity at different vents are driving the lava flow.
Last month the extent of the damage prompted the president of a neighboring island to suggest bombing the volcano in order to change the direction of the flow, according to Live Science.
SOURCES: CNN, Harvard University, Volcano Discovery, Canary Islands Volcanology Institute
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LA PALMA, SPAIN — As the La Palma volcano continues to erupt after two months, molten lava is travelling down toward the Atlantic Ocean at speeds of up to one meter per second through new lava tubes, according to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute, cited by CNN.
Harvard University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences explains that these tubes occur when the top surface of a lava flow cools more rapidly than the underlying lava, forming a crust that insulates the lava below, which stays hotter and flows further as a result.
According to the Canary Island Volcano Association, different types of activity at different vents are driving the lava flow.
Last month the extent of the damage prompted the president of a neighboring island to suggest bombing the volcano in order to change the direction of the flow, according to Live Science.
SOURCES: CNN, Harvard University, Volcano Discovery, Canary Islands Volcanology Institute
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Harvard University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences explains that these tubes occur when the top surface of a lava flow cools more rapidly than the underlying lava, forming a crust that insulates the lava below, which stays hotter and flows further as a result.
According to the Canary Island Volcano Association, different types of activity at different vents are driving the lava flow.
Last month the extent of the damage prompted the president of a neighboring island to suggest bombing the volcano in order to change the direction of the flow, according to Live Science.
SOURCES: CNN, Harvard University, Volcano Discovery, Canary Islands Volcanology Institute
https://ift.tt/3pib4tQ
https://ift.tt/3rtV4HV
https://ift.tt/3plF2z6
https://twitter.com/involcan/status/1463135304278323206
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgbC9WqhTe4
LA PALMA, SPAIN — As the La Palma volcano continues to erupt after two months, molten lava is travelling down toward the Atlantic Ocean at speeds of up to one meter per second through new lava tubes, according to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute, cited by CNN.
Harvard University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences explains that these tubes occur when the top surface of a lava flow cools more rapidly than the underlying lava, forming a crust that insulates the lava below, which stays hotter and flows further as a result.
According to the Canary Island Volcano Association, different types of activity at different vents are driving the lava flow.
Last month the extent of the damage prompted the president of a neighboring island to suggest bombing the volcano in order to change the direction of the flow, according to Live Science.
SOURCES: CNN, Harvard University, Volcano Discovery, Canary Islands Volcanology Institute
https://ift.tt/3pib4tQ
https://ift.tt/3rtV4HV
https://ift.tt/3plF2z6
https://twitter.com/involcan/status/1463135304278323206
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December 2, 2021 at 12:30AM