Where do volcanologists work?
study how and why volcanoes eruptobserve present-day eruptionsmonitor active and dormant (non-active) volcanoesstudy seismicity (earthquakes) and changes in the earth's surfacetake samples of gases to forecast when and how volcanoes will eruptstudy the patterns of eruption of active and dormant volcanoesstudy past eruptions and the deposits they leavewrite articles, reports and papersadvise central and local government, civil defense and other organizations about the risks from volcanoes.