Despite recent “it’s gonna blow!” headlines, Icelandic volcanoes are all Green/Normal. At the time of writing, anyway (August 8th). Some of them could blow soon,
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Decade Volcano: Vesuvius
This is what the least worrisome scenario for the next eruption at Mount Vesuvius looks like. Experts who must be more specific than the rest
Decade Volcano: Santa Maria
Watch out for the quiet ones. They always get overlooked until internal pressures reach the breaking point and there is an explosion. Santa Maria For
Decade Volcano: Sakurajima
Where you live, do the kids have to wear hard hats on their way to school, in case it rains volcanic rocks? They do on
Decade Volcano: Avachinsky-Koryaksky
Today we travel to the “Land of Stone Torches” — Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East, where plate tectonics shapes and reshapes what is perhaps
A Subtle Passing
I couldn’t figure out at first why looking back at Mount St. Helens’ eruption on May 18, 1980, seemed a little special this year. Sure,
