Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes linked

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 17:01 in Earth & Climate

The past decade of eruptions of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano may have acted as a pressure-relief valve for neighboring Mauna Loa, according to a new model suggesting two of the planet's biggest volcanoes connect deep underground.

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