
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7699672.stm
By James Morgan
Science & Environment reporter, BBC News
"... The debate on the cause of the eruption took place at a meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, in Cape Town.
It was the first time the two opposing sides had agreed to debate before an international conference of independent experts.
The contest was chaired by a professional football referee - Professor John Underhill, an Edinburgh University geologist, who is also a match official in the Scottish Premier League. ..."