With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions
The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion. By the time pyroclastic flows—incandescent avalanches of molten rock and gas—tumbled down its sterilized slopes, Pinatubo’s peak had been obliterated and replaced by a 2.5-kilometer-wide chasm.The eruption killed more than 800 people, mainly because roofs, weighed down by rain-saturated ash, collapsed. But it could have been so much worse: About 250,000 people, across multiple cities and a sprawling US Air Force base, lived in the volcano’s shadow.
- ▪The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion.
- ▪By the time pyroclastic flows—incandescent avalanches of molten rock and gas—tumbled down its sterilized slopes, Pinatubo’s peak had been obliterated and replaced by a 2.5-kilometer-wide chasm.The eruption killed more than 800 people, mainl
- ▪But it could have been so much worse: About 250,000 people, across multiple cities and a sprawling US Air Force base, lived in the volcano’s shadow.
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Robin George AndrewsScienceSep 13, 2026 5:30 AMHow Scientists Could One Day Predict Volcanic Eruptions Like the WeatherIt will take a better understanding of underground physics, but volcanologists believe it may be possible.Photo-Illustration: Courtesy of Quanta MagazineCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion.
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