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What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Ars Technica is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 9 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC. The headline in use is “What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
In most cases, hotspot-driven volcanism is relatively sedate, with lava flowing down mountainsides slowly enough that people can walk out of its way. But in a number of locations—Mount Etna, Hawaii, Iceland—lava gets expelled in dramatic fountains that can reach several hundred meters in height.
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