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AVERT presentation at AGU 2025 Fall Meeting

Terry presented her poster at 2025 AGU meeting

Terry Plank

Dr. Terry Plank

Lead PI, Geochemistry

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At the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory volcanologist Terry Plank talked about the latest from the AVERT (avert.ldeo.columbia.edu) project, which is testing how an expanded toolkit of sensors can sharpen real-time eruption forecasting at Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano.

On recent field visits, Plank and her team paired traditional tools like seismometers and gas sensors with newer technologies that measure tiny changes in the ground and surrounding environment. By comparing how these instruments capture the volcano’s rumblings and gas pulses, the team is building a fuller picture of what the volcano looks like in the lead-up to an eruption, in real time.