Now, there is a lot of articles on the new Nature paper on the Eyjafjallajökull and the signs leading up to it – but considering I’m not privy to such […]
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Shiveluch continues its noisy summer, we hope to avoid unnecessary noise at Crater Lake National Park and former noise spotted on Mars.
New research suggests that laughter, in the form of a reflex-like reaction to touch, has been adopted into human social behaviour from animal behaviour.
There is a very real danger that some analysts, diplomats, commentators and politicians are taking all that is revealed by Wikileaks at face value, without questioning the veracity of some […]
Like the banshee of Irish and Scottish legend, Scottish artist Susan Philipsz keens songs of lamentation and loss that haunt those within hearing of the “sound sculptures” centered on her […]
We’ve been reading a lot lately about the rediscovered remnants of the Pink and White Terraces (also known as Te Tarata and Otukapurangi) near Mt. Tarawera in New Zealand, but […]
Make that four volcanoes making noise in Indonesia – this time one in a National Park.
Volcanoes are making noise around the globe and you can read about it in this week’s SI/USGS Volcano Report.
“As we get older we lose the ability to focus on isolated pieces of sensory information. This means adults perceive certain events far more accurately than children can—and vice versa.”
I’m off to GSA 2010 in Denver in a little bit, but I’ll bring you a brief update of the eruption overnight at Merapi. As you might have read in […]
In his Sept. column at Scientific American, Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, echoes the very same warnings about the Dawkins-Hitchens PR campaign emphasized here at Framing Science and in […]
In provoking the emotions of fear and anger among non-believers, the Dawkins-Hitchens PR campaign motivates many atheists to be ever more vocal in attacking and complaining about religion. Yet does […]
For patients with narcolepsy, a loud noise or a strong emotion can trigger the body to fall asleep instantly.
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Good morning from a drizzly Ohio! Been a rather quiet news for much volcano news so far – well, that is beyond the reawakening of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. I […]
The annual cull of the endangered pilot dolphins just off the coast of the remote Faroe Islands is barbarism.
nn Finally, after a rather quiet week, we have news that yet another Aleutian volcano is showing signs of potential activity. Redoubt Volcano was seen steaming away in a recent […]
Admittedly, this is only a brief report, but there are indications that Tungurahua in Ecuador might be heading into a new period of heightened activity. Over the last week or […]
Things have quieted down on the volcano-news front lately. I did catch a report that Fuego (Guatemala) is having small explosions (stombolian eruptions; link in Spanish), producing small (100s m-tall) […]
Busy weekend (well, mostly grading, but that does eat time like you wouldn’t believe), so here are some quick hits from the news file: Busy Indonesia: As people begin to […]
The latest volcano news from the USGS and Smithsonian.
Lots of huffing-and-puffing from volcanoes around the world, all wrapped up neatly in this week’s USGS/SI Volcano Activity Report.
On this rainy Monday morning … Let’s hop in the Wayback Machine and head to the year 2009. Back in May of that year, we spent a lot of time […]
Is seismicity increasing underneath Mt. Rainier?
The latest news of global volcanism, including new dome growth at Nevado del Huila
The weekly USGS/SI volcano report is out, with some eyewitness description of the recent eruption in Ethiopia, Shishaldin in the Aleutians going on Yellow Alert and two volcanoes in Guatemala making noise.
Redoubt returns to “normal” and Long Valley has some earthquake swarms.
Eruptions today at two of the world’s more active volcanoes.
nn The newest reports out of Chile are indicating that the eruption at Chaiten has reached levels of intensity not seen since the eruption first started over six weeks ago. […]
Nyamuragira marks the new year with a new eruption, the first since 2006.
nn The Colombian government has extended the evacuations near Nevado del Huila, taking 800 families out of the danger zone near the rumbling volcano. Huila has been making a lot […]