Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

It may be possible to forecast the next eruption of Hawaiâ€iâ€s Mauna Loa – the worldâ€s largest active volcano – more than two months in advance thanks to a new understanding of what triggers its eruptions.

“Hawaiâ€i is often seen as this place in volcanology where itâ€s so well-studied we must know everything about it, but in the 2020s there are still things yet to be discovered,†says Kendra Lynn at the US Geological Surveyâ€s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.