By JOANNA KLEINA The New York Times Mauna Loa, the biggest volcano on Earth — and one of the most active — covers half the Island of Hawaii. Just 35 miles to the northeast, Mauna Kea, known to native Hawaiians as Mauna a Wakea, rises nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. To them it represents […]

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Why Two Volcanoes in Hawaii Are So Close, but So Different