When I went to visit the map site for California this stood out to me the most. There are currently 5 volcanos being observed from high to low threats currently in California. This information was released recently on November 12th 2020. So far the information that they have is not old enough to determine how or when the Volcanos will erupt. It has caused a dilemma for the geologist to know in the future when they will erupt; because the magmas from different regions erupt in different ways, it was stated that next eruptions can range from days, weeks, months, years or several decades. California, has the classic-looking mountainous stratovolcano of Mount Shasta and the large caldera of Long Valley, but neither has erupted historically though each has evidence of geologically young activity. The most recent eruption in California was from 1914–1917 at Lassen Peak, creating a lava dome and related ash deposit, in what is now Lassen Volcanic National Park. An area east of Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak is relatively flat but contains ‘young-looking’ lava flows.
They also presented the statuses of the volcanos they are watching, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, Brushy Butte none of these have erupted as of yet. My questions for this experiment is 1. Why is this information important, what do they plan on doing with the information found. 2. Most of the volcanos havent erupted in nearly 20 years are they using anything special to expediate it? 3. When and if the volcanos do erupt how would that affect the plants and creatures around it?
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/volcano-hazards/about-alert-levels). Kīlauea updates are issued monthly.
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