Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

The ongoing eruption at Koryaksky (along with 5 other volcanoes in Kamchatka!)

For the first time in sixty years, six volcanoes are erupting out in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Erik Klemetti

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Koryaksky (Koryak) in Russia

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Catching up with Kamchatka

The NASA Earth Observatory posted an excellent image today of the erupting volcano Shiveluch on the Kamchatka Peninsula. This isolated part of eastern Russia is one of the most volcanically […]

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Sinabung and Etna updates for 8/30/2010

The new activity at Indonesia’s Sinabung continues and now over 21,000 people have been evacuated. Meanwhile, Etna continues to rumble away, possibly towards a new eruptive cycle.

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Possible eruption at Gorely in Russia?

There are some reports of an eruption at Gorely in Kamchatka – but details are scarce.

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Eyjafjallajökull update for 5/2/2010

The eruption at Eyjafjallajökull is now producing lava flows that are slowly working their way downslope as well as the strombolian summit explosions.

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Friday Flotsam: Another rumbling Russian and tossing nuclear waste into volcanoes

The latest USGS/SI volcano report, how we use the magnetism of minerals to tell us about a volcano and should we dispose of nuclear waste by throwing it into a volcano (?!)

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Monday Musings

I chime in on some of the discussions about caldera-forming eruptions and inflation of volcanoes in the Andes. Also, news on the stimulus money to volcano monitoring and “our island blew up.”