Scientists predict volcanic eruptions by looking at decades-old lava crystals 

Lava crystals that erupted from volcanoes more than half a century ago can reveal secrets about when they may next erupt, a new study claims.  US scientists analysed crystals formed inside a type of porous rock that burst from the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959.  The crystals had an odd shape that, along with computer … Read more

Scientists predict volcanic eruptions by looking at decades-old lava crystals 

Lava crystals that erupted from volcanoes more than half a century ago can reveal secrets about when they may next erupt, a new study claims.  US scientists analysed crystals formed inside a type of porous rock that burst from the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959.  The crystals had an odd shape that, along with computer … Read more