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Scientists find it difficult to predict volcano behavior

APR 22, 2010
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Washington Post : Volcanic eruptions, like that of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull last month and Washington State’s Mount St. Helens in 1980, can break open the volcano itself, making it easier for ash, gas, and magma to escape and frustrating attempts to predict an eruption’s course and severity.
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