Trees Can Help Us Predict Volcanic Eruptions

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NASA satellites could detect changes in vegetation from space before the eruption of a volcano. Image: Jeff Schmaltz / MODIS / NASA Ten percent of the world's population lives in areas susceptible to volcanic hazards. Without going further, I myself write these letters in the shadow of the great Teide peak, from an island that houses more than a hundred volcanic cones. Those living under its slopes face expelled rocks, tons of dust and magmatic …