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Where Mauna Loa's lava comes from – and why Hawaii's volcanoes are different from most

  • Written by Gabi Laske, Professor of Geophysics, University of California, San Diego
Where Mauna Loa's lava comes from – and why Hawaii's volcanoes are different from mostMagma fountains through a fissure on Mauna Loa, becoming lava, on Nov. 28, 2022.K. Lynn/USGS

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022.

Where does all that lava come from?

We asked Gab...

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