New article in Science
Still difficult to forecast volcanic eruptions

In a new article in the journal Science, Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, professor of geophysics at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, and Christopher J. Bean, professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, say that despite significant advances in recent decades in monitoring #volcanoes, scientists are far from being able to forecast exactly when eruptions will start, ...

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their duration or magnitude.

https://english.hi.is/news/new-article-science-still-difficult-forecast-volcanic-eruptions

The article by Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson and Christopher J. Bean was published in Science on May 7 2026.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn6821

#geology #volcanology #seismology

New article in Science: Still difficult to forecast volcanic eruptions

In a new article in the journal Science, Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, professor of geophysics at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, and Christopher J. Bean, professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, discuss one of earth sciences' largest challenges: if, and then how, it’s possible to forecast volcanic eruptions.

University of Iceland