Scientists have a comfort zone.
Geoscientists are trained to study the past, that the present is the key to the past. Step from scientific observation to policy implication can be non-obvious. Risk of Volcanism Wells, S. G., McFadden, L. D., Renault, C. E. and Crowe, B. M., 1990. Turrin, B. D., Champion, D. and Fleck, R. J., 1991. Conley, M., 1991.