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Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Study Reveals How Gas Bubbles Shaped Kilauea's 2018 Lava Flow
July 11, 2026
NEW YORK, July 11 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:

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Study Reveals How Gas Bubbles Shaped Kilauea's 2018 Lava Flow

New research shows that gas 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 accurately forecast where lava will stop.

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