The research team analyzed carbonized wood from several sites in Herculaneum, closer to Mount Vesuvius than Pompeii, and reconstructed the thermal events that occurred after the eruption.
The study aims to help identify what to do in the event of Mt. Edgecumbe blowing up. Mount Edgecumbe is regarded as a dormant volcano, one that researchers see to have no activities for a long time, but it changes the narrative now with recent observations regarding its Magma rising through the Earth's crust.