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New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga.

New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga.

New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga.

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WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2022, including $1.6 billion in proposed funding for the U.S. Geological Survey, an increase of $326.9 million or 25 percent above the 2021 enacted level. This proposal would fund investments to unleash science and combat climate change while laying the foundation

Release Date: February 1, 2021 HILO, Hawaii — The U.S. Geological Survey has selected Dr. Ken Hon as the new Scientist-in-Charge at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii. HVO was founded in 1912 by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, and Hon will serve as HVO’s 21 rst director. Ken Hon, Scientist-In-Charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. HVO monitors the active volcanoes in Hawaii and is located in Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i. (Credit: Cheryl Gansecki. Public domain.)...

Heathrow airport, thank you. geologist bill burton is the associate program coordinator of the united states geological surveys volcano hazards program and hes in great demand tonight and good enough to join us from washington. bill burton, when will this volcano stop producing the ash that is grounding these airplanes? >> we dont know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- its like predicting earthquakes? theres ...

>> dawna friesen at londons heathrow airport, thank you. geologist bill burton is the associate program coordinator of the united states volcano hazards program. he is in great demand tonight, and good enough to join us from washington. bill burton, when will this volcano stop producing the ash that is grounding these airplanes? >> we dont know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- its like predicting earthquakes? ...