"Lava from the Kilauea eruption has boiled away Hawaii's largest freshwater lake in just a matter of hours.
In a statement released on June 2, the U.S. Geological Survey explained that lava from the eruption's fissure 8 entered Green Lake and boiled its water away, sending a white plume high into the sky.
USGS tweeted that lava entered Green Lake at 10 AM local time. By 3PM, Hawaii County Fire Department confirmed that the lake had filled and that its water had evaporated." foxnews.com/science/2018/06/12/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-lava-boiled-away-big-islands-largest-freshwater-lake.html
(Score: 4, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday June 13 2018, @10:06PM
Usually, when you do clever things to alter nature: dams, levees, causeways, channels, etc. there are unexpected prices to pay later (unpleasant ecosystem development, more dramatic flooding when it comes, accelerated erosion, etc.), and maintaining the clever structure can quickly cost more than building it in the first place. Getting clever with lava flows is like asking Pele to teach you a lesson.
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