On January 17th 2002, lava flowing from Mount Nyiragongo in Congo wreaked havoc on Goma, a nearby city. On January 5th of the same year Piton de la Fournaise, the resident volcano on Reunion, an island in the Indian Ocean, also blew. At first glance, the coincidence of these events may seem just that-a coincidence. However, researchers at Cambridge University are suggesting that there is more to it than meets the eye, and that volcanoes are more likely to erupt in some months of the year than others.
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机译：2002年1月17日，从刚果尼拉贡戈山（Mount Nyiragongo）流出的熔岩对附近城市戈马造成了严重破坏。同年1月5日，印度洋上一个岛屿留尼汪岛上的居民火山Piton de la Fournaise也炸了。乍一看，这些事件的巧合似乎只是一个巧合。但是，剑桥大学的研究人员认为，火山爆发的余地比目击者还多，而且火山在一年中的某些月份比其他地方爆发的可能性更大。
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