Africa's Davids and Goliaths

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Science 28 March 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5615, pp. 2024 - 2026
DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2024

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Africa's Davids and Goliaths

Kevin Krajick

EKONA, CAMEROON--Working on an active volcano is not for the faint-hearted, especially in Africa and other regions where a dearth of basic equipment means that field expeditions--and putting one's life on the line--are the only way to gather data. For scientists in Cameroon and Congo, the hazards of working on active volcanoes pale next to those of poverty, isolation, and violence.

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REPORTS Magma Ascent and the Pressurization of Mount Etna's Volcanic System: Domenico Patanè, Pasquale De Gori, Claudio Chiarabba, and Alessandro Bonaccorso (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2061. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1080653]
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REPORTS Magmatic Dike Resonances Inferred from Very-Long-Period Seismic Signals: Hiroyuki Kumagai, Koji Miyakawa, Hiroaki Negishi, Hiroshi Inoue, Kazushige Obara, and Daisuke Suetsugu (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2058. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1081195]
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PERSPECTIVES ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: Pinatubo, Diffuse Light, and the Carbon Cycle: Graham D. Farquhar and Michael L. Roderick (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 1997. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1080681]
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INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE Stalking Nature's Most Dangerous Beasts: Richard Stone (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2015. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2015]
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NEWS High-Tech Fingers on Earth's Erratic Pulse: Richard A. Kerr (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2016. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2016]
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NEWS Bold Venture Aims to Plumb a Volcano's Fiery Depths: Dennis Normile (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2018. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2018]
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NEWS Living in the Shadow of Vesuvius: John Bohannon (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2020. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2020]
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NEWS Dr. Doom's Gruesome House Calls: Erik Stokstad (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2022. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2022]
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NEWS Seeing Volcanoes in a New Light: Daniel Bachtold (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2026. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2026]
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NEWS Bracing for the Big One on Montserrat: Richard Stone (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2027. [DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2027]
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RESEARCH ARTICLES Response of a Deciduous Forest to the Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Enhanced Photosynthesis: Lianhong Gu, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Steve C. Wofsy, J. William Munger, Joseph J. Michalsky, Shawn P. Urbanski, and Thomas A. Boden (28 March 2003)
Science 299 (5615), 2035. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078366]
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