• Question: Can you use satellite images to predict volcanic eruptions?

    Asked by anon-208738 to Alessandro on 1 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Alessandro Novellino

      Alessandro Novellino answered on 1 Mar 2019:


      The question is interesting and still tricky for most of the scientists.
      My answer is that, easier than earthquakes, volcanic eruptions usually have more and clearer sign of an imminent eruptions. Some of these signs, like ground deformation, can be ‘seen’ from satellite images.

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