LISTEN: Small temperature changes on flanks of volcanoes could signal eruptions years in advance

Augustine Volcano viewed from the M/V Maritime Maid on March 27, 2006. (Cyrus Read/Alaska Volcano Observatory)

University of Alaska Fairbanks volcanologist Társilo Girona has led the development of a way to anticipate volcanic eruptions well in advance. Girona and his colleagues found that small increases in ground temperatures around a volcano can occur years before an eruption.

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