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Magma with high water content is more likely to cause an explosive eruption because magma is underground, which means it's under intense pressure, and the water stays dissolved in the magma. When magma quickly rises to the surface, the pressure decreases and other compounds, such as Carbon Dioxide (CO), become gases. As gases expand rapidly an explosion can happen.

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