DRILLING INTO A SUPER VOLCANO: The concept isn’t particularly controversial. If you know more about the geologic structure you can predict the time and intensity of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes more accurately. However, this drilling project near Naples, Italy is controversial. Millions of people live near the drilling site. What if the drilling causes an eruption? “In Naples, the media-fanned controversy over the drilling project momentarily sharpened the ambient danger of living between two volcanoes.” Yup, Neapolitans already live between two volcanoes.