Story by David Rothery Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University Kilauea, the most active volcano on Hawaii, has been in continual eruption since 1983. It entered a new phase in early May…
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Stacking Up Volcanoes
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [See Update at end] As readers of my posts know, I’ve held for many years that there are a variety of emergent phenomena that…
Scientists listen to giant pipe organ in a volcano – to monitor eruptions
From the AGU and the “lava tooting” department VOLCANO MUSIC COULD HELP SCIENTISTS MONITOR ERUPTIONS WASHINGTON — A volcano in Ecuador with a deep cylindrical crater might be the largest…
Fuego volcano injected large amounts of sulfur dioxide into stratosphere, may induce some short-term global cooling
Volcanologist Simon Carn is quoted by Smithsonian as saying “SO2 mass ejected was about ~2 orders of magnitude than the 1974 eruption, which had a significant stratospheric impact. “ It…
60,000 gallons of Flammable Liquid Removed From Volcano Risk Hawaii Geothermal Plant
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Puna Geothermal Venture has removed 60,000 litres gallons of flammable Pentane from a geothermal plant in the path of the Hawaii volcanic eruption. But concerns…
The effect of volcanoes on climate and climate on volcanoes
by Javier The effect of volcanoes on climate The relationship between volcanoes and climate is a very complex one. From reading the media one gets the impression that they are…
Geoengineering Lunacy – Sea Walls and Volcano Bases for Polar Geoengineering
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists have proposed pumping brine to refrigerate the bases of glaciers from a nearby volcano lair, and vast Arctic and Antarctic seawalls to prevent warm…
"Volcanologists warn world is unprepared for next major eruption"… And?
Guest pondering by David Middleton NEWS 06 MARCH 2018 Volcanologists warn world is unprepared for next major eruption A big blast could hobble global trade, communications and financial systems. Alexandra…
Latest Excuse for the Global Warming Pause: The Bali Volcano
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A NASA Scientist is claiming that if Mount Agung in Bali erupts, it could plunge the world into a cold period for several years. Bali…
Climate change to make volcanoes more climate disruptive
From the NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH/UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH and the “It’s models, all the way down” department. Future volcanic eruptions could cause more climate disruption Climate change reduces…
Study: Ice sheets may melt rapidly in response to soot from distant volcanoes
Study of ancient eruptions shows modern ice sheets could be vulnerable From THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and the “dirty ice” melts faster department Volcanic eruptions have been known…
Bali Volcano the Latest Excuse for the Lack of Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The grumbling Bali Volcano Mount Agung has not erupted yet, but experts are already talking up the dramatic short term global cooling it will cause…
Thousands flee 'imminent' Bali volcano eruption
[Update 9/25 12:05 am. I have change the title from 240,000 to thousands to reflect the change in the underlying story and am modifying the first sentence of the post…
NASA's Secret Plan to Save Earth From Super-Volcanoes… Seriously?
Guest post by David Middleton I didn’t realize this was “Apocalypse Week”…. Apocalypse Week Volcano Geology Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano With an eruption brewing, it…
Geologists warn us about dangerous volcanoes. Will we spend pennies for warnings?
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: While we obsess about climate change and debate if we live in the Anthropocene, we prepare poorly or not at all…
Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet
From The Guardian This is in addition to 47 already known about and eruption would melt more ice in region affected by climate change This is in addition to 47…
Volcanoes, asteroid impact, drove ancient climate related extinctions
Warming pulses in ancient climate record link volcanoes, asteroid impact and dinosaur-killing mass ANN ARBOR — A new reconstruction of Antarctic ocean temperatures around the time the dinosaurs disappeared 66…
6.4 Japan Earthquake / Tambora Scale VEI-7 Volcano Alert
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Japan has heightened monitoring on the Island of Kyushu, in the wake of a 6.4 Earthquake. Kyushu is a highly volcanic region which includes a…
Pavlof Volcano in Alaska Erupts Sending Ash Upwards 20,000 Feet
The Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Aleutian Islands, erupted at 4:18 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 27th. The eruption sent ash 20,000…
Glacial erosion, CO2, and volcanoes – the chicken and the egg problem
Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age caused by melting ice caps and erosion UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The combination of erosion and melting ice caps led…
Claim: Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of 'Snowball Earth'
From the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON the “splode” department comes this interesting claim that tries to make CO2 the driver rather than volcanoes themselves. It looks like a big leap of…
Volcanoes and Ozone: Their Interactive Effect on Climate Change
Guest essay by David Bennett Laing, Asst. Prof.of Geology, Univ. of Maine (retired) Two different styles of volcanic eruption appear to have been the principal determinants of climate change throughout…
Claim: NASA simulation indicates ancient flood volcanoes could have altered climate
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the “maybe they should have checked with Willis first” department comes this modeling claim: In June, 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines exploded, blasting…
Why Volcanoes Don't Matter Much
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The word “forcing” is what is called a “term of art” in climate science. A term of art means a word that is used in…
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