CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawaiʻi and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. Eruptions typically start at the summit and, within minutes to months of eruption onset, about half of the eruptions migrate into either the Northeast or Southwest Rift Zone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet. Meaning “long mountain” in Hawaiian, it is the quintessential shield volcano in its shape- signified by broad, rounded slopes. The volcano makes up roughly 51% of Hawaiʻi Island and stands 13,681 feet (4,170 m) above sea level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lava fountains along a fissure on Mauna Loa’s Northeast Rift Zone at approximately 9:30 a.m. HST on November 28, 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest active volcano in the world, Mauna Loa, erupted for about 12 days in late 2022, the first eruption since 1984. The eruption began in Mokuʻāweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, around 11:30 p.m. HST on Sunday November 27, 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -The chances of temporarily exceeding 1.5°C of global warming within the next five years have increased markedly due to the spectacular eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga in January 2022. The explosive Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai event was the most powerful of the 21st century so far.