The scary state of volcano monitoring in the United States

Published February 28, 2017 This content is archived.

An article in The Atlantic about volcano monitoring in the U.S. and the risks that active volcanos pose to those who live around them interviews Estelle Chaussard, assistant professor of geology, geophysics and volcanology. “Most people in the U.S. perceive volcanic eruptions as rare, and [believe] that we’d be able to get advance notice because of the advance in science and instrumentation,” she said. “However, the massive eruption of Mount St. Helens, in Washington, was only 37 years ago, and it took until the volcano became active again in 2004 to start a truly comprehensive monitoring. ...This kind of assumption is therefore very dangerous, because most of our volcanoes are not as intensively monitored as we think they are or as they should be.” The article also appeared on Yahoo News.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/the-scary-state-of-volcano-monitoring-in-the-united-states/518124/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scary-state-volcano-monitoring-united-181900614.html