Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare

Michael Cassidy; Lara Mani

doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02177-x

Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare

Michael Cassidy, Lara Mani

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	469-471
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	608
Issue number	7923
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02177-x
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2022

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Being able to affect volcanic behaviour directly might seem inconceivable, but so did the deflection of asteroids until the formation of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office in 2016. Numerous examples from geothermal exploration show that it is technically possible to penetrate magmatic bodies in the crust with little collateral damage. In 2024, researchers plan to drill into a magma pocket at the Krafla test bed in Iceland, to provide a ‘long-term magma observatory’ and test sensing equipment to potentially improve volcanic prediction. Research should also be undertaken to assess if it is possible to manipulate the magma or surrounding rocks to moderate eruption explosivity — one such project, Magma Outgassing During Eruptions and Geothermal Exploration, has funding from the European Research Council to 2026.

Keywords

Policy
Scientific community
Volcanology

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