Here’s something seldom seen – a volcanic eruption that is so fast and intense that it creates a condensation shock wave in the atmosphere (like is sometimes seen from bombs…
Category: Volcanoes
Spectacular eruption of Mount Tavurvur in Papua New Guinea
While we watch Iceland’s unpronounceable volcano, on the other side of the world, in Papua New Guinea, Mount Tavurvur is already causing damage and threatening lives as well as disrupting…
The volcanic area near Bárðarbunga is erupting
A fissure eruption has started north of Dynjujökull, seen in the photo. A live YouTube stream is available below Authorities in Iceland say the fissure is ~10 km north of Vatnajökull…
Should we bomb Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano?
Aerial bombing of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano was done in the past, widening the eruption crater to minimize high flying volcanic ash problems. WUWT reader “magma control” writes in with…
Icelandic Bárðarbunga volcanic eruption begins
From the Icelandic Met Office It is believed that a small subglacial lava-eruption has begun under the Dyngjujökull glacier. The aviation color code for the Bárðarbunga volcano has been changed…
Bárðarbunga volcano getting ready to blow? 1000 Earthquakes felt as magma moves into ice covered caldera
From the Icelandic Meteorological Office: A summary of seismic activity, written Tuesday evening 19th August 2014 at 20:00 Around 1.000 small earthquakes were detected in the Bárðarbunga region from midnight…
Earthquake swarm in Iceland raises threat level on Bárðarbunga volcano
Readers may recall that the Grímsvötn volcano caused quite an overwrought mess with air travel in 2011 when it erupted. FergalR writes in WUWT Tips and Notes about the nearby …
Study: Large volcanic eruptions cause drought in eastern China
Via AGU, and the “science is settled” department, once again we learn things we didn’t know about climate. In most cases, the annual East Asian Monsoon brings heavy rains and…
Large Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia – This year's excuse for 'the pause'?
Eric Worrall writes: The volcano Mount Sangeang Api in the Lesser Sunda Islands has just erupted, sending a huge ash cloud 12 miles into the air. Wikipedia describes Sangeang Api…
Subaqueous volcanism: ocean vents and faulty climate models
WUWT reader Pethefin writes: Finally someone addresses the really big elephant in the room: the ocean vents and their role in climate modelling: I covered this possibility in a previous…
Satellite captures five volcanoes erupting at once on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula
Remote. Cold. Rugged. Those three adjectives capture the essence of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Another word—perhaps more applicable than anywhere else on Earth—is “fiery.” Of the roughly 1,550 volcanoes that have…
Volcano Activity, Temperature and Response Times:
Guest essay by Neil Catto In view of the possible reasons for the 17-20 year global temperature plateau and further to Willis’ post a couple of weeks ago “Volcanoes Erupt…
Another thing more worrying than global warming aka 'climate change'
Volcanoes, including Mount Hood in the US, can quickly become active Magma stored for thousands of years can erupt in as little as two months New research results suggest that…
Study: Volcanoes contribute to recent warming ‘hiatus’
Researchers find models must account for volcanic eruptions to accurately predict climate change. From:MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change By the late 1990s, scientists had…
First time in 20 years – more daily record lows than daily highs that were either tied or set in 2013
2013 was a cool year in many ways. Most interestingly, the last year this split between highs and lows happened in the USA, in 1993, we had the eruption from…
Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica
From the Washington University in St. Louis Its heat may increase the rate of ice loss from one of the continent’s major ice streams It wasn’t what they were looking…
Another known unknown – volcanic outgassing of CO2
It seems there’s really no complete measurements on how much CO2 is coming out of volcanoes, both active and inactive. From Livescience: Long Invisible, Research Shows Volcanic CO2 Levels Are…
Scientists confirm existence of largest single volcano on Earth – Massive underwater volcano rivals biggest in solar system
From the National Science Foundation newsroom: September 6, 2013 The summer blockbuster movie Pacific Rim told a fanciful tale of giant monsters rising from the deep in the middle of…
1815, 1816 and 1817; A POLAR PUZZLE
An attempt to stimulate discussion about the causes of an unexpected event which occurred after the huge eruption of Tambora Volcano in 1815 Guest Essay by Caleb Shaw Volcanoes cause…
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