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Big changes are afoot for Eruptions - I'm on the move. After a year here at Big Think, I've decided to move the blog to Wired Science. Needless to say, I am very appreciative to Big Think for hosting me for the last year. It was an exciting year for Eruptions, with plenty of volcanic action and my ...
Quick update for late on Friday - much more to say on Monday. I promise. Really. Anyway, some brief news: Alaska: The dome is continuing to grow at Cleveland in Alaska - and we now have some images of the dome growing in the crater (see top left). Right now the concern is what happens if/when ...
It's been over a month since the last MVP, so I thought it might be time to throw out another. Last time, Chris Reykjavik got the right answer - Kaula Island in Hawai`i (top left), a remnant of a tuff cone on a shield volcano - after what might be a record number of guesses by the Eruptions crew ...
Well, I feel like a broken record, but I apologize for the dearth of posts. Amongst other things, I am mired in my third year review here, so I've been using up a lot of my non-teaching/research time in writing a professional statement. It can definitely be a time sink, but considering it will ...
Our somewhat quiet (beyond Etna's frequent paroxysms - and the cool lava "spine" that formed after the last one) volcanic fall continues. We have been following a lot of rumbling around the world - and we've seen some minor eruptions - but all in all, September has been a fairly low-key month when ...
It has been awhile since I've talked about the volcanoes of Colombia - they've had a fairly quiet year, but that doesn't mean that nothing is going on. If you head over to the Colombian Survey, INGEOMINAS, you can find updates and statuses for all the major Colombian volcanoes. These include the ...
Quick update to catch us up a little on the week - and what better way to do that than to use the Smithsonian Institute/USGS Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic Activity Report. Lots of good tidbits that we haven't discussed and a lot that we have ... Highlights include: Alaska: The dome ...
After a little (ahem) confusion this morning, we're back on track (for now). A few quick hits for a grey Ohio morning: Iceland: The news from Katla hasn't changed much since I updated the post yesterday evening. Seems like the prevailing idea is meltwater from within the caldera percolated into ...
Well, Jon Frimann has been noticing this for the past week or so, but the increased seismicity at Iceland's Katla has finally begun to show up in the mainstream media. CBS had a report from the Associated Press about the seismicity at the Icelandic volcano, noting the uptick in small earthquakes ...
Sorry about the paucity of new posts lately - there is a lot going on in the background here at Eruptions HQ, but all will be revealed in the next day or so. Lots has been going on volcanically, so trying to play catchup seems a little futile - I know many of you have been watching the revived ...
Quick new post, but if you're hankering for another live feed, check out the Nautilus Live feed - with the option to watch a split screen of all sorts of data. The Hercules ROV is exploring the Kolombo hydrothermal vent field near Santorini in the Aegean Sea. Santorini/Thera (see above) is famous ...
Mexico's Popocatépetl always gets people's attention - this is thanks to its proximity to Mexico City. Whenever you juxtapose an active volcano with one of the world's most populous cities, you know that the news will latch onto any activity quickly. This is why we saw a blast of article late ...
I originally had this information in today's first post, but it likely deserves it's own post, so here it is. Eruptions reader Martin pointed out an new report (Indonesian) from the volcanological survey in Indonesia, the PVBMG, that raises the alert level at one of Indonesia's most famous ...
The start of the semester always surprises me. No matter how much I think I might be prepared for it, the first day of class ends up being a maelstrom. This year was no different, especially when I intelligently decided to combine the first day of class with the launch of the new Denison University ...
This week got me thinking - what are the chances that New York City could experience shaking from > M5 east coast earthquake and potentially be struck by a Category 2-3 hurricane in the same week? I have no idea how to do that math - but I would venture to guess that the chances are very, very ...