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Volcanology: Out of the ashes

The Icelandic eruption has given researchers the opportunity of a lifetime. Katharine Sanderson talks to scientists working around the clock to study the volcano and its effects.

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Sanderson, K. Volcanology: Out of the ashes. Nature 465, 544–545 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465544a

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