Campi Flegrei Is Warming Up, But We're Likely Not Close to an Eruption

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By Erik Klemetti
Nov 14, 2018 7:01 PMOct 22, 2019 4:54 PM
The Bay of Naples in Italy, with the Campi Flegrei to the north (top) and Vesuvius to the east (right). Image taken 2002, NASA.
'The Bay of Naples in Italy, with the Campi Flegrei to the north (top) and Vesuvius to the east (right). Image taken 2002, <a href='https:

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First things first. This new article in Science Advances I’m about to discuss does not — I repeat, does not — say that an eruption will be happening soon at the Campi Flegrei in Italy. There is nothing in the paper that says we need to elevate the alert status or that anything fundamentally has changed about the current state of the caldera. So, nobody needs to panic.

Now that I have that out of the way, let’s actually talk science!

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