平特五不中

鈥淎 large eruption of Bali鈥檚 restless Mount Agung volcano could be imminent, Indonesian officials have said as they called for 100,000 people to leave the area.鈥� ()

, professor and volcano expert at 平特五不中

鈥淢ount Agung volcano is dangerous and the evacuation of all of the people who might be in danger is a prudent move.The Agung volcano has had two recent, confirmed eruptions in 1843 and in 1963; it will erupt again.聽Both eruptions were large with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5 鈥� similar to the Mt. Pinatubo eruption of 1991.聽Volcanoes similar to Mount Agung sometimes give warning signs such as those seen at Agung before large eruptions and the danger may be great, but we still do not have enough聽information to predict when, and how big, its next eruption will be.鈥澛�鈥擠on Baker

Professor Baker studies what causes volcanic eruptions and how to predict those eruptions. He investigates volcanic processes by performing experiments and computer simulations. He collaborates with geologists, physicists, chemists, and engineers to apply what we have learned in the lab to field studies of real volcanoes, such as Stromboli and Etna.

don.baker [at] mcgill.ca, cellphone available upon request. He鈥檚 available to do interviews from 8 AM to 8 PM. (English, French)