USGS/SI Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for May 5-11, 2010
Ah yes, a reminder that there are other volcanoes erupting around the world than Eyjafjallajökull – but yes, it is true! Here is the latest USGS/Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic...
View ArticleMore on Eyjafjallajökull and the St. Helens Anniversary
News, news, news! Ash from Eyjafjallajökull piling up on a roof at Seljavellir. Image courtesy of the IMO, by Ari Tryggvason. The latest from Eyjafjallajökull has the volcano continuing to puff away –...
View ArticleWednesday Whatzits: Cleveland heats up, blowing ash from Eyjafjallajökull and...
Brief news! Lava flows reaching the sea at Kilauea in Hawai`i. Image from November 2009, courtesy of HVO/USGS. The Alert Status at Cleveland in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands was raised to Yellow...
View ArticleLarge eruption at Bezymianny
Undated image of Bezymianny in Kamchatka. Eruptions reader M. Randolph Kruger just let us in on a significant eruption at Bezymianny in Kamchatka. The AVO/KVERT alert for the volcano suggests a fairly...
View ArticleNASA Earth Observatory images of Cleveland (not the city) and Nyiragongo
The NASA Earth Observatory has been dazzling us with images from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption for months – but they have been dazzling us with volcanoes images for years! Here are two more images for...
View ArticleGVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 6/2-8/2010
The latest update from the Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program! Highlights (not including Taal, Eyjafjallajökull and Bezymianny) include: Another thermal anomaly was spotted on an Kuril Island...
View ArticleClimate, volcanism and the Andes
The northern Chilean and southern Peruvian Andes are full of volcanoes that look stunning – I mean, jaw-dropping details of volcanism litter the landscape. The reason for this is two fold: (1) there is...
View ArticleThursday Throwdown: Stromboli’s tiny bubbles, Hawaiian lava flow update and...
Lots of little pieces of news I’ve run across … time to play a little catch up. Stromboli: A volcano after Don Ho’s heart. Every once in a while, my RSS feeds will dredge up some articles from years...
View ArticleWednesday Whatzits: Mixing it up at Hood, alert lowered at Taal and plumes...
Mt. Hood in Oregon, taken August 2008. Image by Erik Klemetti. Click on the image to see a larger version. Quick news! I’m not going to go into too much depth right now about the recent study...
View ArticleTuesday Tidbits: Eyjafjallajökull, Yasur, mud on Mars and more
Finally, a chance to catch up a bit … ! Yasur erupting in May of 2010. Some news from the world of volcanoes: The BBC has a series of videos one the fallout from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption –...
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