Environmental Dangers and Benefits

Mauna Loa increases soil fertility because the ash contains high levels of useful minerals. Farmers continue to produce goods in the fertile soil after a volcano has erupted. Though it does emit green house gasses which are bad for the envirnment as we all know. This single volcano can produce more greenhouse gasses than all of the gasses produced by man kind. When this volcano erupts the basaltic lava flow can ruin everything in its path, covering highways and houses and all other properties.