California is famous for earthquakes and wildfires—but don't forget about its volcanoes
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 11:10
in Earth & Climate
Margaret Mangan didn't sleep well in the weeks following the Ridgecrest, Calif., earthquakes. The July shaking triggered a swarm of smaller tremors in the nearby Coso Volcanic Field, a cluster of lava domes and cinder cones at the northern end of the Mojave Desert. And it was Mangan's job to watch for a possible eruption.