Eavesdropping On A Volcano

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 12:01 p.m.

b'Volcanoes are "talking" to us all the time. Scientists say the sooner we learn to interpret their normal chatter, the quicker we\'ll know when something unusual \\u2014 and potentially dangerous \\u2014 is happening. But volcanoes often sit on protected land, so that detection work sometimes brings scientists into conflict with conservationists. Today, the tug-of-war over a sleeping giant in the Pacific Northwest.

This episode is part of our series about the science happening on public lands, dropping every Friday the rest of the summer.

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