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June 29, 2008
Category: Ruapehu
Almost 9 months since its last eruption, Ruapehu is keeping New Zealanders guessing about its next move. Brad Scott of GNS Science (NZ) reports that the crater lake at Ruapehu is reading unusually warm temperatures and high gas emissions,...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 10:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2008
Category: Chaiten
I found this picture on the SF Chronicle website and it speaks volumes about the destruction wreaked on Chaiten, Chile. The ash has buried the town and what the ash hasn't damaged, the water and debris from the swelled river...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 9:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2008
Category: Volcano monitoring
Since the "surprise" eruption of Chaiten in southern Chile (still erupting away), I'm sure there has been a lot of talk about better monitoring and predictions for volcanic eruptions. Now, we don't know the full extent of the facts,...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 4:48 PM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
June 24, 2008
Category: Geothermal Energy
If Alaska wants to take a cue from Iceland, it might find itself with more power than it can use. That is, if the dreams of the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas come true. They are planning to...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 9:19 PM • 3 Comments • 2 TrackBacks
June 23, 2008
Category: Fuego
Things have quieted down on the volcano-news front lately. I did catch a report that Fuego (Guatemala) is having small explosions (stombolian eruptions; link in Spanish), producing small (100s m-tall) ash columns along with some throwing incandescent blocks 30-50...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:27 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 20, 2008
Category: Kilauea
Not much in the way of science to add here, but photographers at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park are still busy around the clock documenting the summit vent activity at Kilauea that started in March. Most of the activity is steam escaping...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 5:09 PM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
June 19, 2008
Category: Undersea volcanism
The western Pacific basin is pockmarked with active and extinct volcanoes related to the subduction of the Pacific plate along almost all of its western boundary. An Australian National University research group recently discovered a pair of undersea volcanoes...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:54 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Chaiten
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside. After apparently settling down a bit over the weekend, Chaiten has kicked it back up a notch. The latest reports say that two ash columns are active ... and...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:40 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 17, 2008
Category: Etna
Over the weekend, Mt. Etna (Italy) had some spectacular Strombolian fire-fountaining. Lucky for us, Marco Fulle and a group went up to the summit on Friday (the 13th) and got some great pictures of the current (ongoing) eruption which...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 3:09 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 16, 2008
Category: Kurikoma
I am always amazed by the number of volcanoes that show signs of activity every year that I have never heard of before. Case in point is this report of activity near Mr. Kurikoma, on the island of Honshu...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 3:18 PM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
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