• Would you live near a volcano? If so, which type(s)? What level of risk from volcanoes is acceptable to you?
• How would you know if the volcano risk was assessed accurately? What are the characteristics of a good volcano risk assessment?
• What should be done by people and communities near a volcano to prepare for the hazard and prevent catastrophe?

To get to those answers, your group should discuss the following questions as well as the homework question. (Note: The items below are NOT due as part of you homework, but you can and should use answers to these questions as part of your explanation.)

1. In what ways are volcanoes predictable?
2. To what other hazards are volcanoes linked?
3. What are the potentially disastrous consequences of volcanoes?
4. In what ways has human activity made volcano hazards catastrophic?
5. How can the hazardous consequences of volcanoes be minimized?

RESOURCES

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Video: Collapse of Kilauea Caldera during the 2018 eruption (IRIS Earthquake Science)

Text: Chapter 5

Recommended Activity

• Watch the movie "Dante's Peak"
  • How do various characters react to the volcano?
  • How is the risk assessed and dealt with?
  • Anything not quite right with the movie based on what you have learned?

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Kilauea Volcano

• A virtual walk through Kilauea Volcano's summit history: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• 2018 Hawaii Eruption:
  • HVO information
  • Lava Scenes From Fissure 8
• Kilauea lower East Rift Zone 2019: quiet but insightful
• 2020 Updates
  • Kilauea Lower East Rift Zone 2019: Quiet but Insightful (includes a nice overview of the 2018 eruption)
  • Kilauea Volcano Activity Update (January 28, 2020)
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  • What's next for HVO and the volcanoes it monitors?

Iceland Volcanos

• fissure eruption video

• Federal Emergency Management Agency:https://www.ready.gov/volcanoes
• US Geological Survey
  • general information: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
  • Volcano Observatories: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/observatories.html
  • Living with Volcanoes: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1073
  • Volcanic Glossary: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/
• Volcanic Hazard Maps
• Centers for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/volcanoes/index.html
• National Geographic Society
  • Volcanos Explained
  • How Dangerous are Supervolcanoes?
• NASA Earth Observatory:https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/natural-event (click on "explore more" to see additional events)
• The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption of the 20th Century
• Volcano World: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/