This is for updates to a blog post I have not yet done, actually, and it’s up because of this:
🚨 Update on Ambae Volcano (Vanuatu) 🌋
Escalating eruptive phaseSatellites just detected a massive heat spike at Ambae's crater lake. The heat reading jumped to a staggering 2,593 megawatts—an incredible amount of energy!
Why is this dangerous?
When lava mixes with large… pic.twitter.com/xrZIivLd18
— Dr John Seach (@johnseach) June 2, 2026
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More information:
- Wellington VAAC advisories page
- Global Volcanism Program page
- Volcano Discovery
page (link does not mean endorsement of their business, which I know nothing about) - Wikipedia pages on
Ambae Island and its volcano
Featured image: The volcano in 1995, by ORSTOM via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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