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Ali Asgary, Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, Canada

Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii: How to stay safe while visiting volcanoes

People watch and record images of lava from the Mauna Loa volcano on Dec. 1, 2022 near Hilo, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

On Nov. 27, the Big Island of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano — the largest active volcano in the world — erupted for the first time in 38 years. This eruption was very special because Mauna Loa historically erupts very frequently, every six years on average.

As the director of CIFAL York, Canada’s first hub for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), I recently attended the global CIFAL directors’ meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii organized by UNITAR and CIFAL Honolulu.

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