Why Do Volcanoes Affect People And The Environment

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When people first discovered what volcanoes were, they didn’t know they were going to be this harmful. Volcanoes have not been good in this world. Why have volcanoes affected people and the environment so much? There have been so many active volcanoes and some are still erupting after a long time. Volcanoes create many new land forms and geographical features in the world. There are many different areas in the Earth where volcanoes are, and have been.

A place where there have been a ton volcanoes is Hawaii. There is even a National Park specifically for volcanoes called “Hawaii Volcanoes National Park”. This National Park is in Mauna, Hawaii. If you are at the National Park, you can see the Kilauea volcano. Another place with many volcanoes

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