nn This marks a full week of eruption at Chaiten and the volcano shows no signs of abating. nn You have to feel for Luis Lara. He is apparently the […]
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There are, indeed, other volcanoes erupting right now worldwide other than Chaiten. Of course, when you have an eruption like Chaiten going on, it is hard to pay attention to […]
nn Before we get too far, I wanted to make sure that folks understand that I’m just making educated conjectures on the nature of the eruptions I read about and […]
Etna, one of Italy’s (and the world’s) most active volcanoes, has started erupting again. Saturday night the volcano erupted lava flows, although that is pretty much all the details in […]
nn I’ve been trying to keep up with the Chaiten eruption in Chile, but the news is just beginning to sound like a broken record: eruption continues, ash falls, don’t […]
nn Looks like we should expect an eruption at Ruapehu (New Zealand) any time now. Tremors are ongoing, along with increased volcanic gas emissions (specifically SO2 here) and warmer temperatures […]
nnA bit busy today, so to borrow from the newest USGS/SI Volcanism Report:n On 12 May, the plume rose to an altitude of 8 km (26,200 ft) a.s.l.nDuring an overflight […]
I just read a report that the ash column at Chaiten is beginning to collapse. The SERNAGEOMIN says that the ash column is only 4.5 km tall now, as opposed […]
nn While I was looking at the gallery of Chaiten photos, I noticed another headline (in spanish) saying that the SERNAGEOMIN has issued a yellow alert for potential activity at Puyehue. […]
Here is a gallery of some ridiculously cool photos from the Chaiten eruption … nn
At first it seemed like the new eruptions at Mt. Etna (Italy) were petering out rather quickly. Instead, now it seems that there are fears that a new rift might […]
nn To keep us up to date on the goings-on at Chaiten in southern Chile, well, the volcano is still erupting! Yes, two weeks in and heavy ash is still […]
If Chaiten, Llaima and Puyehue weren’t enough, the Chilean Regional Emergency Office is placing seismometers on Peteroa volcano after its shown signs of increasing activity. The volcano is located out […]
nn Happy 28th anniversary of the 1980 Mt. Saint Helens eruption. The volcano had a catastrophic collapse of one side of the edifice that triggered the climatic eruption. Enjoy this clip from […]
The latest eruption at Kilauea has increased the amount of vog on the big island of Hawai’i. Vog is more or less the same as the anthropogenic “smog” produced by […]
nn It has been rather quiet on the volcano news front over the weekend. A couple tidbits: nn – There are some new data showing the sulfur dioxide flux from […]
Everyone loves a “supervolcano”*. According to a recent report, Los Angeles will be erupting from underneath Yellowstone Caldera (Wyoming). OK, not really, but apparently there has been 7 cm of […]
I’ve made it back from my trip to Washington DC. The Smithsonian Institution is quite a fun place to visit, especially if rocks are your ilk. Be sure to check […]
I missed this the first time, but Click & Clack from NPR’s Car Talk answered a question about how to volcano-proof your car. If you want to hear it, click […]
AVO reports that it appears that the volcano has potentially erupted – or at least released a lot of steam and (possibly) ash. So much for the end of activity.
The best successes in volcanic mitigation have been in places where the combination of monitoring, communications and practice fit together like so many legos in a set, allowing for a calm and orderly evacuation when the eruption, or signs of eruption, began
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Welcome to the inaugural post on Eruptions, a weblog about volcanic eruptions, volcanoes and the people who live near them. I’m going to attempt to compile everything I can about […]
The big eruption news today is an unexpected eruption in southern Chile. In fact, it is so unexpected that depending on when and where you read about it, you might […]
nn I’ve been following these rumblings for the last few months, but it looks like Colombia’s Nevado del Huila is ramping into a new cycle of eruptions. Huila lives in […]
Ruapehu, in New Zealand, is starting to show signs it may erupt in the near future. It is a fairly active volcano, last erupting in Septemeber of 2007, but it […]
nn So, this isn’t exactly about current eruptions, but I was able to watch the new (well, to the U.S.) Doctor Who episode centered around the 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. […]
nn Update 5/3/08: SERNAGEOMIN (the Chilean Geologic Survey) is now concerned that the eruption of Chaiten may be a the precursor of a larger eruption, mostly owing to the long (~9,000 […]
nn Update 5/4/08: Looks like there is now officially a deathtoll for Chaiten, as an elderly woman died during the evacuations. The volcanoes continues to spew ash and I wouldn’t be surprised […]
NASA captured this great image of the ash plume from Chaiten, which has reached 15-km into the atmosphere. Following this eruption, I’m sure there will be a lot of work […]