I think we know who wins this battle. At Ruapehu (New Zealand), it isn’t really the lava that is the problem, but the lahars produced by mixing snow, crater lake […]
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nn Tungurahua, one of the most active (and harder to pronounce) volcanoes in the Andes, has been experiencing explosions over the last few days. Not much in the report beyond […]
People living around Semeru Volcano, Indonesia, have been put on alert for a potential eruption. Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation has put the volcano on level 3 […]
Looks like a lot of you have found my (fairly new) Eruptions blog via the kind post over on another excellent volcano blog, the aptly titled Volcanism Blog. That blog […]
I’m always amazed by the number of volcanic eruptions captured by satellites that we might not have ever even had known occurred otherwise. Case in point is Rabaul on the […]
Although the mainstream media seems to have lost interest in the Chaiten eruption beyond the “human interest” (or should I say “salmon interest”) aspect of the eruption, there is still […]
nn If you’re interested in the latest eruption at Mt. Etna (Italy), here are some great images posted at Stromboli Online. Nothing like some good spatter amongst friends.
Some news from the Chaiten eruption. Apparently, LanChile has cancelled some flights around the region of southern Chile due to the ash. They likely implies that the eruption column is […]
The Oregonian reports on the on-going desire to develop geothermal power in the Oregon and California Cascades and backarc. There have been attempted (or at least exploration) to develop geothermal […]
nn We’ve been hearing a lot of conflicting reports about the state and future of the Chaiten eruption. Now ending its fourth week of eruption, Chaiten was said to be easing […]
This isn’t really new activity, but a report on the ongoing activity at Soufriere Hills on Montserrat in the West Indies. Soufriere Hills is a composite volcano that has been […]
I only post this because this is the sort of meaningless, unintelligible science journalism that drives me nuts. It doesn’t really elucidate anything to the general public and it offers […]
nn The latest reports from Cerro Azul in the Galapagos indicate that the current eruption that started last week is over. The volcano erupted from Thursday to Sunday and produced […]
I’ve been trying to find information to post this week, but not much out their in the press this week. I did like this article on the close relationship between […]
I always find it interesting how and why news of a volcanic eruption makes it into the press. Sometimes it is just to report the eruption itself, however, a lot […]
Reuters has a short video showing some of the damage inflicted on Chaiten by the volcano of the same name. Looks like the ash, lahars and flooding have wiped out […]
If you needed any evidence that Chaiten is still erupting quite vigorously, just check out the MODIS image taken on 5/31 (above). The eruptive column is still delivering ash across […]
nn The eruption at Chaiten has now begun to have widescale effects on the region of Patagonia, beyond the ashfall. Air travel has been disrupted due to the amount of […]
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 […]
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 […]