Earth
Did rain put the Kilauea volcano’s lava-making into overdrive?
Scientists share strongly conflicting opinions about why Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spewed an overabundance of lava in 2018.
By Megan Sever
HS-ESS2-3
Develop a model based on evidence of Earth's interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
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