I do not think this article affects my life. I believe that it could affect a lot of people because they can get a lot of discoveries from this one piece of information. In my day-to-day life, nothing would be different if they had not made this discovery. In my opinion, I think they could of did research that would affect more people’s lives but they still found very cool and interesting things.

While Mauna Loa is no stranger to earthquakes, however it is odd that there were a lot of small earthquakes around the volcano.  The volcano isn’t going to erupt at the moment, but there is still a possibility that those small earthquakes caused changes inside the volcano to cause an eruption in the future.  The HOV is still monitoring Mauna Loa as well as the other Hawaiian volcanoes.

I find it interesting that the small earthquakes didn’t cause anything major in Mauna Loa.  Usually earthquakes cause the volcanoes to erupt quicker than they normally would.  But it does make sense as volcanoes are massive and it would take more than a swarm of tiny earthquakes to cause a volcano to erupt.  It may cause minor changes in the volcano that may cause the volcano to erupt sooner, but for the time being nothing will happen to the people of Hawaii.

    This discovery has a huge impact on the science community as they now have evidence of a time they were unsure of in Earth’s history. This revelation also leads to the funding of these types of projects to investigate the chemical composition of these ancient rocks. It's exciting for the science community, as they are discovering new things about our ancient Earth. Scientists were previously reluctant to look for chemical evidence of these events, but now see it can bring further insight into the history of our planet. This impact is huge on the scientific community because of the new evidence, though to people who don't think much of the Earth’s creation, it's far less significant, though interesting to learn about through their findings.

    In this article the only issue I see is their reluctance to investigate chemicals in the ancient rock which I can see why because of the ever changing nature of them, though I see it as worth it, as they were able to discover something by doing so. I think the evidence found is powerful and important for them to crack the code on the chemistry and composition of our planet. I plan on doing nothing except retaining this information as this kind of thing doesn't peak my interest enough to go explore it further, though I hope these researchers and scientists do. As I said previously the only people affected are those who study the Earth and those whose interest is peaked with these sorts of findings.

Having accurate statistics can greatly impact society in the world as a whole. Scientists use the statistics to be able to let society know when there may be an earthquake or tsunami. With further research by scientists they were able to develop a new method which can display the interaction between all of the different parts of the fault. Because of this we are able to see a more physically accurate result. And people's life on a day today basis is slightly safer. 

Personally I am glad that Researchers took time to acknowledge that there was a fault in our measurements. I think that it is very important that we know when earthquakes or possible tsunamis can occur. Having accurate measurements can save many lives and can prepare many for the worst to come. Personally I will be on the lookout every so often to check what statistics are looking like for possible future natural disasters. And I think the topic of this article affects many people in their life. Because of this article, it can spread awareness to people who may not have been too educated on this topic. And protect people from unfortunate events. 

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