Weatherwatch: How UK firm’s low-cost tech can warn of volcanic eruptions
VolcanoTech’s sulphur dioxide detecting sensors are in already in use in a number of countries Weather forecasts now include air quality warnings and cities have
VolcanoTech’s sulphur dioxide detecting sensors are in already in use in a number of countries Weather forecasts now include air quality warnings and cities have networks of air quality sensors driving real-time maps online.
Similar air quality sensors can warn of an imminent volcanic eruption. Just as a fizzy drink releases carbon dioxide when the pressure is released, rising magma emits dissolved sulphur dioxide as it rises.
So a big increase in this gas warns that a volcanic eruption may be imminent. Continue reading...
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