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Published online 29 September 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060925-13
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Java mud volcano seems unstoppable
Could Indonesia's mud flow be put to good use?
As steaming mud continues to pour over Sidoarjo, in eastern Java, Indonesia, geologists who have visited the scene say the four-month-old eruption may never be stopped — at least not by human intervention.
The best way of dealing with the mud may be to pump it out to sea, as Indonesia's government is planning.
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