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| Seismic activity since June has increased to 40 to 50 earthquakes per day at the summit of Mauna Loa, leading Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park to close the trail for hiking there. NPS photo by A. Lavele |
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| The last Mauna Loa eruption was in 1984. USGS photo by J.D. Griggs |
USGS reports "Inflation or expansion of Mauna Loa's summit is accompanying the earthquake activity and has also increased in the past two weeks. The last time Mauna Loa displayed similar
elevated earthquake activity and expansion of the summit region was late-January to late-March of 2021. Additional periods of increased earthquake activity have also occurred during the 38 years since the last eruption of Mauna Loa in 1984."
Study: Preparing for Mauna Loa: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/volcano-watch-failing-prepare-you-are-preparing-fail-benjamin-franklin
U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists will notify the park if conditions change. For more information, refer to HVO's latest Status Report.www.nps.gov/havo.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is one of five volcano observatories within the U.S. Geological Survey and is responsible for monitoring volcanoes and earthquakes in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa.To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see www.facebook.com/kaucalendar. See latest print edition at wwwkaucalendar.com. See upcoming events at https://kaunewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2022/04/upcoming-events-for-kau-and-volcano.html.
HAWAI'I BOOK & MUSIC FESTIVAL IS UNDERWAY through Oct. 31. It offers 75 free zoom events, including international, national and Hawaiʻi authors and sessions on musical compositions, fiction, ![]()
poetry, memoir, Native Hawaiian culture, sustainability, wellness, and more. Among the featured writers are many from Hawai'i and internationally famed authors of best sellers Seth Godin, John Irving, and Noam Chomsky.
To attend any of the sessions, register once here.
To attend any of the sessions, register once here.
Hawai'i books and music are wide ranging in their subjects, with such titles as Indigenous Pacific Islander Ecopoetry, The Eddie Kamae Songbook: A Musical Journey, and Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs.
One of the Special Presentations with Author Giulio Boccletti is Water & Civilization: A Planetary Experiment with D. Kapua'ala Sproat and Boccaletti. Another presentation is Fower of Hawai'i - an anthology of plays by Lee Cataluna with John Wat and Lee Cataluna.
Presentations also include books and songs for keiki and many scientific and technical subjects. See the entire schedule at https://hawaiibookandmusicfestival.com/2022-schedule
To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see www.facebook.com/kaucalendar. See latest print edition at wwwkaucalendar.com. See upcoming events at
https://kaunewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2022/04/upcoming-events-for-kau-and-volcano.html.
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| Patterns of the honu shell drawn by Volcano PreK student learning the letter T. |
VOLCANO SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES PreK recently studied green sea turtles during a week focused on the the letter T. PreK teacher Michelle Buck said that students learned that the green sea turtle is called honu. During the Week of T, students engaged in reading about, observing, and counting turtles. They learned poems and mele about turtles and created their own honu. Students brought T objects from home and learned to write the letter T.
Jodie Rosam, an environmental consultant and author of The Ka‘ū Calendar column on Native Plants of Ka‘ū, visited the classroom to read a turtle book, The Adventures of Gary and Harry, and to teach PreK keiki all about honu. She shared a Fun Fact: "Did you know that honu can hold their breath for over 3 hours?" Keiki and teacher pledged to help keep beaches and oceans clean and help save the turtles, and said, "Hooray for letter T."
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| The honu Hawaiian green sea turtle became the focus for a week of learning the letter T at Volcano School of Arts & Sciences with a reading by Jodie Rosam of the Gary & Harry honu book. Photo from Volcano School |
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