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Science 28 March 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5615, pp. 2016 - 2020
DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5615.2016
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High-Tech Fingers on Earth's Erratic Pulse

Richard A. Kerr

Volcanologists are throwing new sensors and instruments at a problem of immense societal importance: predicting when a volcano near an inhabited area may erupt. A number of successful evacuations across the globe in recent years suggest that scientists are becoming more and more adept at deciphering the cryptic signals of rising magma and, more importantly, deciding when to brace for a volcano to explode.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)