The Chimeric Dream to Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

It has been a dream to accurately forecast a violent volcanic eruption long in advance. To some, it's a chimeric dream that will never produce concrete results.

- JIM BRACE-THOMPSON

Or is it? Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team led by Federico Galetto (Cornell University) believes they have been able to spot long-term tell-tale signs of pending eruptions in at least one set of basaltic calderas, such as those commonly found in Iceland.