A quick note on thawing ice caps and volcanism
Webcam shot of Eyjafjallajökull erupting on April 17, 2010. I don’t want to get too far into this but there has been a lot of chatter about the link between melting ice caps and...
View ArticleChanges in the eruption at Eyjafjallajökull?
National Geographic film crew near Eyjafjallajökull, April 18, 2010. UPDATE 1PM EDT 4/19/2010: I can almost categorically say that Hekla is NOT erupting, contrary to Twitter or the brief banner on...
View ArticleAirspace begins to open as Eyjafjallajökull calms down
Eyjafjallajokull erupting on 4/17/2010, image by Marco Fulle. Note the “rooster tails” of ash and steam, typical for Surtseyan eruptions. European airspace has slowly begun to reopen as the explosive...
View ArticleEyjafjallajökull flight cancellations: How the right decision is being made...
A strombolian eruption in the crater of Eyjafjallajökull, taken on April 19, 2010. Image courtesy of the Icelandic Met Office. The Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland has been one of the most...
View ArticleTaking stock in the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and its aftermath
A night shot of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption showing the glowing plume from the strombolian explosions and the Aurora Borealis overhead. A quick update on the current activity at Eyjafjallajökull...
View ArticleEyjafjallajökull eruption update for April 26, 2010
Night image of Eyjafjallajökull erupting on April 24, 2010. Image courtesy of James Ashworth. A quick update on the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: Not a lot to report in terms of changes in the volcanic...
View ArticleFriday Flotsam: Iceland update, Kilauea slows down, videos of Colima and more!
News! Colima in Mexico erupting in 2008. The current activity at Eyjafjallajökull is more-or-less unchanged, with strombolian activity producing a 3-4 km tall ash-and-steam plume and the lava flows at...
View ArticleGVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 16-22, 2010
The latest news from the world of volcanoes, brought to us by the Global Volcanism Program, USGS and the Smithsonian Institution. They are also brought to us by Sally Kuhn Sennert – and if you have a...
View ArticleMonday Musings: KVERT in trouble again, the volcano takes on a general (and...
News! The summit crater lake at Gorely in Russia, taken on June 21, 2010. Image courtesy of KVERT. Eruptions readers have been abuzz about how KVERT will be closing shop (yet again) at the end of June....
View ArticlePolitics, California and serpentine
Serpentine (as known as serpentinite), the current (and potentially soon-to-be ex-) state rock of California. This does not have a direct connection to volcanoes, but it sure is about geology and the...
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