Predicting volcanic eruptions before they occur is valuable for obvious reasons. The earlier scientists detect signs of an imminent eruption, the more time people will have to evacuate potentially affected areas. Unfortunately, as volcanologist Einat Lev ...

Those scientists saved countless lives, but their forecast was more of an educated guess than it might have appeared. It was nothing like a weather forecast; they couldn’t say that on June 12, an explosive eruption was going to occur with anything resembling certainty,

The team behind "Jerk," a novel tool that predicted eruptions with 92% accuracy for a French volcano, discusses its work and implications.