Now an international team, including scientists from the UK, wants to drill down inside the caldera to try to better understand exactly why part of it has risen 10ft since 1969. The area at the epicentre of the swelling has seen whole streets of houses crumble and collapse. The threat is imminent. The last time the ground rose like this (between 1430 and 1538) there was an eruption that caused the formation of a new volcano.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is just a single scientist arguing against the drilling, citing an eruption (caused by drilling) of a mud volcano, in Lusi, Indonesia. The key arguments for the drilling are:<\/div>\n

It is important for monitoring purposes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
UPDATE, MAY 2012<\/span><\/strong> – The Mayor of Naples has approved the drilling<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Daily Mail has an excellent article explaining the pros and cons of drilling into the supervolcano at the edge of Naples, and why scientists are concerned:<\/p>\n
Now an international team, including scientists from the UK, wants to drill down inside the caldera to try to better understand exactly why part of it has risen 10ft since 1969. The area at the epicentre of the swelling has seen whole streets of houses crumble and collapse. The threat is imminent. The last time the ground rose like this (between 1430 and 1538) there was an eruption that caused the formation of a new volcano.<\/p>\n
There is just a single scientist arguing against the drilling, citing an eruption (caused by drilling) of a mud volcano, in Lusi, Indonesia. The key arguments for the drilling are:<\/p>\n
The drilling will stop at two-and-a-half miles, two miles short of the magma reservoir.
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