Guest Thinkers

$15 million dollars for volcano monitoring! That’s just throwing money into the caldera! (Just kidding.) The money has started to flow to the USGS to improve our ailing volcano and earthquake monitoring infrastructure.

Watch out turtles, Fernandina in the Galapagos is erupting again!

The Fernandina eruption appears to be an impressive fissure eruption. Meanwhile, Llaima is still steaming as Chilean geologists worry what might come next. Now updated with satellite images!

We’re almost at the one-year mark for the Chaiten eruption and the volcano doesn’t seem to be slowing down at all.

The eruption at Redoubt might have not seemed that destructive, but the economic effects might be more significant than expected on Alaska’s economy.

Mexico’s tongue-twister of a volcano, Popocatépetl, has been steaming away all year, but now things might be heating up.

Chevron’s oil production in Cook Inlet has been shut down indefinitely as Redoubt continues to rumble, albeit in a much more fashionable shade of Orange (for the time being).

After producing some spectacular fire fountaining and ash, the eruption at Llaima appears to be slowing down a bit … and why has the coverage of this eruption been missing in English-speaking media?

The Kuril Islands are chock full o’ volcanoes, most of which I only become familiar with because they erupt. Add Ebeko to that last – see why!

Geothermal energy has a lot of promise, but does the potential of causing an eruption negate that? No, because based on what we know, human drilling doesn’t cause volcanic eruptions.

Get Google Earth placemarks for the Weekly Volcano Activity Report.

The Tongan volcano is still erupting but people are already venturing out to the new island to explode … er, that is, explore.

New eruptions at Redoubt and Llaima are keeping officials in both countries on their toes.

Almost two days of vigorous eruption from Llaima in southern Chile are prompting more evacuations.

Ash from Redoubt is beginning to get in the way of life near the volcano in Alaska as the eruption continues

They might not truly be the “World’s Most Deadly Volcanoes”, but IAVCEI’s “Decade Volcanoes” are a list that shows just intertwined human society and volcanoes really are.

The USGS has finally released the research volume for the 2004-2006 eruptions of Mt. Saint Helens – and it can be yours to download for free!

The eruptions at Redoubt are wreaking havoc on the air in the Anchorage area, we might have the first signs of a new dome and if you love looking a pictures of reacted minerals (and who doesn’t?), you better check these out.

Your weekly dose of all things volcanic from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

Things have settled down a bit at Redoubt and a new dome is beginning to form. That brings a whole new set of potential hazards to the volcano. Also, the volcano gets a new webcam!

Finally, after months of inaction, the Coast Guard has ordered the emptying of the Drift River Oil Terminal at the base of Redoubt.

Redoubt has snarled both air and road travel in Alaska and beyond.

Anchorage began to see and feel the products of Redoubt’s new eruptive period over the weekend, prompting the closure of airports and generally a mess as the ash coats the area.

Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira in the Congo are showing increased seismicity. An eruption at these volcanoes could become a humanitarian disaster.

The Salton Sea earthquake swarm: likely tectonic, but magma-related seismicity is not that far-fetched.

With Redoubt and Tongan eruptions in full swing, Yellowstone has decided to join the eruptive fun.

The Hut webcam is back and so are the explosions.

We’ve got images and videos of the Redoubt eruption, along with a lot of “day after” news.

The current activity at Redoubt has officials worried about the Drift River Oil Terminal. Funny, Eruptions pointed that out months ago.

Twenty five years have passed since the eruption of Mauna Loa that sent lava within a mile of Hilo.