From Rice University comes this study that tries to equate an analog circuit component onto a climate forcing component. It is an interesting approach. The idea that plate tectonics serves…
Category: Vulcanism
A link between climate, ice melt, and volcanic eruptions is found
When the ice melts, the Earth spews fire GEOMAR researchers discover a link between climate and volcanic eruptions It has long been known that volcanic activity can cause short-term variations…
Surprise volcanic eruption in New Zealand
The eruption had been “really unexpected”. “You can measure and monitor but sometimes mother nature will do her own thing.” Yeah, like climate. From stuff.co.nz: (h/t to reader Dr K.A.…
New Data, Old Claims About Volcanoes
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Richard Muller and the good folks over at the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project have released their temperature analysis back to 1750, and are making…
Deep sea hydrothermal vents discovered in Gulf of California
From the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute something not unexpected, given the San Andreas Fault goes through the Gulf of California, but interesting nonetheless. Images follow. MBARI discovers new deep-sea…
Tracking the ash from the 'unpronounceable' volcano
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Scientists ‘read’ the ash from the Icelandic volcano 2 years after its eruption In May 2010, the ash cloud from…
Missing the Missing Summer
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Since I was a kid I’ve been reading stories about “The Year Without A Summer”. This was the summer of 1816, one year after the…
Dronning Maud Meets the Little Ice Age
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I have to learn to keep my blood pressure down … this new paper, “Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained…
Trigger for Little Ice Age – a half century of volcanism?
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes on his blog today: Every once in a while. a nugget of new research insight appears that adds to our understanding of the climate system,…
Volcanic Disruptions
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The claim is often made that volcanoes support the theory that forcing rules temperature. The aerosols from the eruptions are injected into the stratosphere. This…
USGS California Volcano Observatory Opens
“More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the last 10,000 years. … …
Gradually heading to hell in a handbasket just as bad as instant doom
From the National Science Foundation: Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt In “The Great Dying” 250 million years ago, the end came slowly The deadliest mass extinction of…
New paper speculates on volcanoes during the Little Ice Age
From NCAR/UCAR, they’re still trying to stamp out solar influence as a potential cause of the Little Ice Age. One of the things I wonder about is that during low…
Death Valley's Big Bang Theory
From the The Earth Institute at Columbia University Waiting for Death Valley’s Big Bang A volcanic explosion crater may have future potential In California’s Death Valley, death is looking just…
Undersea volcanoes might be more common than previously thought
Reader “Mark” in Tips and Notes writes: Surprise Underwater Volcanic Eruption Discovered Excellent 3D graphic representation of the lava. Note this particular volcano was previously report by Scarlet- yesterday. Click…
Volcano found on the Moon's farside
Non-mare silicic volcanism on the lunar farside at Compton–Belkovich Bradley L. Jolliff,Sandra A. Wiseman,Samuel J. Lawrence,Thanh N. Tran,Mark S. Robinson,Hiroyuki Sato,B. Ray Hawke,Frank Scholten,Jürgen Oberst,Harald Hiesinger, Carolyn H. van der…
New study suggests that the volcanic impact on climate may be significantly underestimated
Thick ash poured from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image on April 17, 2010. The ash in this image…
Katla: Let's get ready to ruuuummmbbbbllle
Russ Steele writes: Iceland Update: Katla is rumbling again I wrote about the possibility that Katla is Iceland might become active again in this decade here, based on a swarm…
Satellite Composite Shows Chilean Volcano Plume Spreading Globally
Since its eruption in early June, several NASA satellites have captured images of the ash plume from the eruption of the Chilean Volcano called Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and have tracked it…
Dramatic satellite images of the Ethiopian eruption
The MODIS/AQUA rapidfire website finally had a pass overhead online early this AM of the Ethiopian/Eritrean area volcanic eruption of Nabro, and I have them below. The plume stretches well…
Earthquakes and volcanic eruption in Ethiopia
UPDATE: I’ve updated the sat IR image below, plus added some Google Earth imagery below. The ash plume has hit the stratosphere and has now extended to more than 1000…
Sulfur Dioxide plume from the Chilean volcano
Here’s the eruption seen from NASA MODIS: This visible image was taken on June 8 at 18:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. EDT) by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that…
Some flights cancelled due to Iceland volcano
In our earlier coverage on the subject, we reported from a Xinhua story that: But scientists in Iceland believed that the new eruption in Grimsvotn could be small and would…
Iceland volcano eruption not likely to disrupt air travel
STOCKHOLM, May 21 (Xinhua) — An eruption has started in Iceland’s most active volcano Grimsvotn, according to reports reaching here from Reykjavik on Saturday. The smoke from the eruption can…
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