Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano sent lava soaring 400 feet into the air last week, resuming an intermittent eruption that has been ongoing for the past year. This is the 37th time the volcano has erupted since last December. Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth and one of six active volcanoes in Hawaii alone.

While there was no harm done to homes or businesses this time, other volcanoes across the planet have the potential to cause more potent damage. Climate change can also increase the risk of a volcanic eruption; warming temperatures melt glaciers, which "could upset the volcanoes below, causing them to erupt more frequently, more violently or both," said The Economist . And "people need not live nearby to be affected."

Scientists have been monitoring several superv

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