Volcanoes

In 1959, fountains of lava and flying volcanic debris blocked roads at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. What force can turn molten rock into both a mountain-builder and an explosive threat?

Robert I. Tilling traces that force from pockets of magma deep below Earth’s surface to the cones, craters, and lava fields they leave behind. This is a world where gas can slip quietly from flowing lava—or build to a pressure that blasts rock and ash skyward. From the farm where Mexico’s Parícutin began growing in 1943 to the towering composite volcanoes of the Pacific, Tilling shows how eruptions shape landscapes and endanger nearby communities. Can the signs written in a volcano’s rocks and gases help reveal what it will do next?

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