Lessons from 40 years of communicating volcanic risk during crises

Lara Mani; Jenni Barclay; Carina Fearnley; Richard E. A. Robertson; Blaise Mafuko Nyandwi; Sara Barsotti; Amy Donovan; Wendy Stovall

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Lessons from 40 years of communicating volcanic risk during crises

Lara Mani^*, Jenni Barclay, Carina Fearnley, Richard E. A. Robertson, Blaise Mafuko Nyandwi, Sara Barsotti, Amy Donovan, Wendy Stovall

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Since the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption that killed over 23,000 people in Armero, Colombia, risk communication has become central to volcanic crisis management. Despite the development of effective tools and programmes for volcanic risk communication, considerable challenges remain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1077-1080
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Geoscience
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01832-y
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2025

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