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The eruption appears to be waning and NASA has released possibly the most stunning volcano image I’ve seen in years.

Two volcanoes are headed into different directions this week – activity at Merapi appears to be down while explosions are continuing at Bulusan. This is not to say that the […]

According to a recent press release: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, will complete the exploration phase of its mission on Sept. 16, after a number of successes that transformed […]

I’ve now made it back from another great yet exhausting American Geophysical Union meeting. I was able to get some samples that I need for my research, set up some […]

A new eruption in the Kuril Islands that started last week could potentially threaten Pacific Rim air traffic – and NASA has some impressive images of the eruption from space.

The NASA Earth Observatory has definitely been keeping volcanophiles busy this week with some great new images of erupting volcanoes.

Images of the Eyjafjallajokull-Fimmvörduháls eruption taken from space show the lava flow snaking down a stream valley – and how small the eruption is so far.

Icy volcanoes on other planets are kind of salty, too. That along with a 3-D image of the Sarychev Peak eruption and another eruption in Alaska.

So let’s now speak about the future. You may have heard about the asteroid Apophis, which is about the size of the Rose Bowl Stadium. It’s said that the large […]

On April 8 at noon, I will be giving a talk on climate change communication at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Below are the details. The […]

Your (late) USGS/SI volcano update and more shots of the ash plumes from Rabaul.

For those unable to attend next week’s talk at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, there is a call in number to listen to the presentation and discussion. See details […]

“The World Trade Organization has found that much of the $22 billion benefit Boeing enjoyed from tax breaks and defence and research contracts was also an illegal subsidy.”

So, maybe I spoke too soon when I mentioned in passing how quiet the fall has been in the world of volcanic eruptions. In less than a week since I […]

“Aerospace and defense giant Boeing has tossed its hat into the space-tourism ring, announcing that it has agreed to market future rides into Earth orbit to paying customers.”

The Philippines might be headed towards another volcano-typhoon doubleheader, roads are no match for Kilauea and some new images of Chaiten and Shiveluch from NASA.

The NASA Earth Observatory has posted some great new shots of volcanoes from space, including four volcanoes erupting at once and the latest from the Icelandic eruption.

A number of nice images of volcanic plumes have been posted by the NASA Earth Observatory crew – along with some terrestrial images of the plume from Soufriere Hills.

New reports of volcanic activity from around the world! Thanks again to Sally Kuhn Sennert for putting together these reports for the Global Volcanism Program. Some highlights: Colombia It was […]

Just under two months ago I received the news that I, along with 10 of my co-workers, would be laid off. Unlike most I was OK with this as I […]

Ash from Soufriere Hills has wreaked havoc on air travel in West Indies and Philippine officials have to remind people that Mayon is still dangerous.

Eruptions readers have pointed out to me that El Reventador, one of the more active volcanoes in the Andes – that also happens to be close to Quito – has […]

A look at “folk volcano monitoring” in the Philippines, Kilauea takes out another piece of the doomed Royal Gardens subdivision and another great images of an active volcano from NASA.

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 […]

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 […]

News bits from Chaiten, Soufriere Hills, Shiveluch and Alaska legislators wondering if airlines should pay for ash monitoring.

nn NASA posted a nice image of the ash plume from the current eruption at Kasatochi (Alaska) showing the brown/grey ash mixing with white clouds over the Pacific. Not much […]

A quickie post, but there were a few things too good to pass up: Twenty Indonesian volcanoes “ready to erupt”: Ralph at the Volcanism Blog has a great new post […]

Llaima from space, lightning caught at Redoubt and an eruption video to send you to the weekend.

Daryl J. Bem’s experiments on psi caught the world’s attention, as I posted last month, because he used standard psychology-lab methods to gather and analyze his data. Imagine what astronomers […]