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Lessons in reducing volcano risk

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Since 1980, volcanologists have confronted more volcanic crises than any time since the Mont Pelee catastrophe in 1902. Good science alone will not do the job of reducing volcano risk.

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Tilling, R., Lipman, P. Lessons in reducing volcano risk. Nature 364, 277–280 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/364277a0

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