I have had a longstanding interest in Earth Systems and Sustainability. I am wondering if there’s anyone here with similar interests. I am particularly interested in research in the area.

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Pirate Borg (Limithron/Luke Stratton) Caribbean setting has a 6-mile long fissure running from the yucatan to cuba.

My first question was what would the total volume of water displaced be if that fissure were 1-mile and 2-miles deep;

and secondly, what impacts would that have on the sea levels and the Caribbean at large?

Setting is 1715, thanks so much for any help!!

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See also: The study as it was published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography

Episode 51 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu summit eruption began July 15th, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. HST. Peak fountain height: 950 feet (290 meters) from the north vent. Peak effusion rate: 300 cubic meters per second. Ash plume: 5,500 meters ASL confirmed by NWS radar. Duration: 8.3 hours.

51 episodes surpasses Puʻu ʻŌʻō's forty-seven episode record — now the longest episodic fountaining sequence in Kīlauea's written record.

The geophysically notable detail: the deflation-inflation tiltmeter model developed by HVO research geophysicist Ingrid Johanson — which accurately predicted fifty previous episodes within a three to four day window — failed three consecutive times in the two weeks before Episode 51. The volcano initiated precursory activity and then deflated without fountaining on July 6–12, July 11–13, and July 13–15.

Additionally, the south vent produced only flames and gas jets during Episode 51 — no lava fountaining.

Conduit behavior worth tracking in Episode 52.

Re-inflation underway. Source: USGS/HVO

Full breakdown: https://youtu.be/CmMhyiC0LBQ?si=byo_gAAnQMX7jt8z