In Hawaii, living with lava
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When the most recent eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano started last June, Melvin Sugimoto at first did not think much of it. Hawaii, where he has lived all his life, is made entirely of hardened lava, and Kilauea, perhaps the world's most active volcano, has been adding more off and on for the last 300,000 years. "Lava is everywhere, but I never thought in a million years it would come through here," said Sugimoto, who lives in the small town of Pahoa.