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How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption

The world should learn from past disasters and prepare for the effects of future, inevitable volcanic catastrophes, a wide-reaching book teaches us.
  1. Heather Handley

    1. Heather Handley is an associate professor of volcanic hazards and geoscience communication in the Department of Applied Earth Sciences at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands.

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An aerial view of flowing lava and billowing smoke from volcanic eruption between stora Skogfell and Hagafell in Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland on March 21, 2024.

Lava erupts from a volcano in Iceland, part of a series of eruptions that began last year. Credit: Anton Brink/Anadolu via Getty

Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves Tamsin Mather Abacus (2024)

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Nature 628, 713-715 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01179-1

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