Forecasting eruptions
Seismologists say they’ve found a way to forecast an eruption hours in advance for Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most historically active volcanoes. Seismic waves generated during Etna’s 2001–2003 eruptions decreased dramatically in size as they passed through magma rising beneath the volcano, Italian and Spanish scientists report in an upcoming Geology.
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