New Laser Technology for Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/01/tiny-crystals-could-help-predict-volcanic-eruptions
According to the University of Queensland's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, small crystals produced by volcanoes can show that an eruption will occur "within only two weeks."
These crystals form when magma 30km deep starts to rise. Moving from the hot volcanic layer to a cooler upper layer causes magma to harden into crystals rather then rocks.
One experimental method to predict eruptions even earlier then that is with lasers and spectrometry.
Supposedly, the rock itself can tell about the process of an eruption. Ultraviolet lasers are used to understand what the rocks made at different stages are made of.
Can these processes work efficiently with A.I.? While they have helped other research, they only use research from after a volcano erupts. This also requires a lot of human intervention, in order to collect the rocks produced. Currently, I don't see them as a method
o inspect volcanoes, however they might help with hypothetically training the Artificial Intelligence.


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