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…
Category: Vulcanism
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…
Eruption of the Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador
This is what it looks like from the ground April 29th This satellite view of the sulfur dioxide plume is quite vivid:
On ocean heat content, Pinatubo, Hansen, Bulldogs, cherrypicking and all that
Self proclaimed “Hansen’s Bulldog” (now oddly deleted but available at the Wayback machine via this link), the blogger known as “Tamino” loves to bloviate his views about imagined cherrypicking whenever…
Yellowstone's supervolcano – worse than we thought
From www.unews.utah.edu via Eurekalert Electric Yellowstone Conductivity image hints volcano plume is bigger than thought SALT LAKE CITY, April 11, 2011 – University of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale…
Icelandic volcano exonerated for harsh winter of 1783–1784
From AGU’s Geophysical Research Letters: In June 1783 the Laki volcano in Iceland began to erupt, and continued erupting for months, causing a major environmental disaster. The eruption spewed…
The sound of 'splode: volcanic frequency signature established
From Yale University and the University of British Columbia, an important step forward in being able to forecast explosive volcanic events. Before the explosion — volcano’s warning tremors explained New…
Mount Merapi SO2 plume headed for Australia
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano put a lot of ejecta into the air; ash, CO2, and SO2. Here’s a recent news report showing the eruption: Tracked by satellite, now the Sulfur…
Indonesian Volcano eruptions increasing
Indonesia Volcano’s Eruptions Stump Scientists By Lauren Frayer, AOL News Eruptions from Indonesia’s ferocious Mount Merapi keep getting worse, prompting more villagers to run for their lives and puzzling scientists…
Hydrothermal vents may contribute more to the thermal budget of the oceans than previously assumed
From the Max Planck Society New deep-sea hot springs discovered in the Atlantic Scientists from the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology…
Sumatran volcano erupts: first time since 1600
Located at 3.17°N 98.392°E the volcano erupted suddenly and without warning. The Jakarta Post and Xinhua have photos of the eruption:
Katla making noise
Katla volcano in iceland sees 14 earthquakes in 48 hours. This may mean nothing, or it may be a prelude to an eruption. Either way it bears watching. Via Ice…
Spencer on Pinatubo and climate sensitivity
Revisiting the Pinatubo Eruption as a Test of Climate Sensitivity By Roy W. Spencer, PhD. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991 provided a natural…
Volcanic Smoke Ring
Via NASA’s spaceweather.com Here’s something you don’t see every day, in fact it has only been seen once before by the volcano researchers that got the photo. The diameter of…
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