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This scientist is racing to predict deadly volcanic mudslides

这位科学家正在全力预测致命的火山泥石流

In June 2024, early career geologist Gustavo Béjar López traveled to Guatemala for a project aimed at using artificial intelligence to automatically detect and potentially forecast deadly mudslides called lahars at Volcán de Fuego.

In June 2024, early career geologist Gustavo Béjar López traveled to Guatemala for a project aimed at using artificial intelligence to automatically detect and potentially forecast deadly mudslides called lahars at Volcán de Fuego.

2026-03-10  1222  晦涩
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While its low-magnitude explosions are a draw for hikers on the neighboring dormant Acatenango volcano, Fuego is also capable of sudden, cataclysmic violence. In June 2018, a massive eruption sent out searing avalanches of hot gas and lava, wiping out the town of San Miguel Los Lotes and claiming hundreds of lives. But the immediate threat of eruptions isn’t what first brought Béjar to the slopes of Fuego back in 2021. Instead, he was focused on another deadly and poorly understood volcanic hazard: lahars.

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