Mauna Loa’s recent eruption is still fresh in the minds of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and Island of Hawai‘i residents. Now is a good time to reflect on this event, especially in comparison to the one 38 years before it.
The eruption of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii has incapacitated the premier observatory housed on the island that measures heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Officials, however, showed confidence that operational disruption to the Mauna Loa observatory was only temporary.