Imagine hiking up a volcano not to see red lava, but to stare down into three giant bowls of water. Now imagine that one of those bowls is bright turquoise…
Prologue: The Awakening of the Pacific Frontier In the serene, deep-blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Tokyo, a monumental force lay dormant. This…
The Uneasy Ground of Naples Pozzuoli, Italy—a picturesque coastal town where Roman ruins meet modern cafés—has become the unlikely epicenter of global volcanological attention. Here, the ground doesn't remain still.…