Washington: Since Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD, volcanic disasters have been investigated, giving the public the impression that scientists now know why, where, when, and how long volcanoes will erupt. These fundamental issues, according to volcanologist and head of PSU's Digital City Testbed Centre Jonathan Fink, are still a mystery.
In a recent paper, Fink and Idowu "Jola" Ajibade, an associate professor of geography, discussed how climate change will affect the socioeconomic effects of eruptions. Their work is included in a groundbreaking 33-paper collection in the Bulletin of Volcanology that Fink co-edited and which aims to chart the development of the entire science of volcanology over the past few decades.
