By Sid Perkins
An analysis of people’s deaths from more than 400 volcanic eruptions may help reduce fatalities from future eruptions.
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In recorded history, volcanic activity has killed about 275,000 people, estimates Tom Simkin, a geologist with the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He and his colleagues report their findings in the Jan. 12 Science.