Africa has many active volcanoes. Why was Nyiragongo the only one to make the Decade Volcano list? Limits on funding and other resources forced volcanologists
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Guest Video: Five Years Ago Today . . .
. . . Chile’s Calbuco volcano awoke from a four-decade-long sleep, starting a VEI 4 eruption at a moment when daylight was just right for
Krakatau is Rebuilding Itself
Last night, Anak Krakatau erupted for, I think, the first time since its December 2018 collapse. Here is a news report and a distant view
Decade Volcanoes: Taal
Taal doesn’t fit the stereotype we laypeople have of volcanoes being big pointy mountains with a bad case of heartburn. It does have what appears
Taal Volcano Awakes
Update, March 19, 2020: PHIVOLCS reports it has lowered the alert level back down to 1 again. Update, February 15, 2020, 11:44 a.m., Pacific: Yesterday,
Guest Videos: Why Are There Volcanoes in South America?
The excellent visuals in this video show that the western coast of South America is a subduction zone, just like the coast of Sumatra where
