A special thanks to RadiaCode for sponsoring today's video. Get 10% off a 102, 103, or 110 model with the promo code GEOLOGYHUB at http://radiacode.com/GeologyHub. As strange as it might sound, the measure of radioactivity coming off of a volcano can actually be used to help predict volcanic eruptions. Now, while it is no clear cut signal that should be taken in isolation, measuring the amount of the element radon can when combined with multiple other geophysical datasets can help explain what is currently ongoing underground. Today's video elaborates on this fact through the analysis and opinion of a geologist. Purchase Radiacode devices at: http://radiacode.com/GeologyHub Radiacode 103 Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSFYTDWK Radiacode 102 Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBQKND5W Note: I WAS paid by RadiaCode to promote their product. In other words, the segment about the product/website/company is an advertisement which I am being paid to say. Also, I (the account owner of the GeologyHub YouTube channel) may receive a commission or experience a form of financial gain whether direct or indirect if you click on the Ground News link mentioned in today's video & video description. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] Giammanco S, Bonfanti P and Neri M (2023) Radon on Mt. Etna (Italy): a useful tracer of geodynamic processes and a potential health hazard to populations. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1176051. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1176051, CC BY 4.0. [2] Ange, Joshua & Calkins, Robert & Posada, Andrew. (2022). Characterization of XIA UltraLo-1800 Response to Measuring Charged Samples. 10.48550/arXiv.2209.08002., CC BY 4.0. [3] Brugge D, deLemos JL, Bui C. The Sequoyah corporation fuels release and the Church Rock spill: unpublicized nuclear releases in American Indian communities. Am J Public Health. 2007 Sep;97(9):1595-600. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.103044. Epub 2007 Jul 31. PMID: 17666688; PMCID: PMC1963288. [4] J.T. Bennett, S. Krishnaswami, K.K. Turekian, W.G. Melson, C.A. Hopson, The uranium and thorium decay series nuclides in Mt. St. Helens effusives, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 60, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 61-69, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(82)90020-6. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0012821X82900206) [5] Paolo Gasparini, Marta Silvia Maria Mantovani, Radon anomalies and volcanic eruptions, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 3, Issues 3–4, 1978, Pages 325-341, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(78)90042-2. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0377027378900422) [6] Padilla, G. D., et al. (2013), Soil gas radon emissions and volcanic activity at El Hierro (Canary Islands): The 2011-2012 submarine eruption, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14, 432–447, doi:10.1029/2012GC004375. [7] C. Cigolini, M. Laiolo, D. Coppola, G. Ulivieri, Preliminary radon measurements at Villarrica volcano, Chile, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 46, 2013, Pages 1-8, ISSN 0895-9811, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2013.04.003. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981113000655) [8] U.S. Geological Survey 0:00 An Unusual Radiation Source 1:30 Radiacode Sponsorship 3:21 Why Radon? 5:12 Decay Chains 5:45 Rising Radon Gas 6:22 Historical Examples