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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.) “We are pleased to have Ken formally re-join HVO to lead it through what will be an exciting few...

Heathrow airport, thank you. geologist bill burton is the associate program coordinator of the united states geological survey's volcano hazards program and he's 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 don't know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- it's like predicting earthquakes? there's just no predictive capacity here on what happens next? >> well, the best guide is the previous ...

>> dawna friesen at london's 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 don't know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- it's like predicting earthquakes? there's just no predictive capacity on what happens next? >> well, the best guide is the previous...