An explosion at the West Mata Volcano throws ash and rock, with molten lava glowing below (image courtesy NSF/NOAA). In May this year scientists studying the West Mata submarine volcano in the south-w… more →
The Volcanism Blogwrote 2 weeks ago: An explosion at the West Mata Volcano throws ash and rock, with molten lava glowing below (image cou … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Boris Behncke has posted a tip-off in the comments here that some significant earthquake activity ha … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Two researchers from the School of Earth Sciences and Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits (CODES) a … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Over at Discovery News there’s a fascinating report on the undersea eruptive activity revealed … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Various interesting bits and pieces of volcano-related research to report. Apologies for the lack of … more →
wrote 9 months ago: In 2004 an international team of scientists using a remotely-operated submersible witnessed an under … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Above: MODIS image from NASA Aqua satellite captured at 01:30 GMT on 20 March 2009. The island of To … more →
wrote 9 months ago: The eruption is ongoing at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai: the latest volcanic ash advisory from We … more →
wrote 9 months ago: A Japanese reader of The Volcanism Blog has sent in the following images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha … more →
wrote 9 months ago: The MODIS equipment on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-colour image of the submarine eru … more →
wrote 9 months ago: And what, precisely (you ask), is Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai? It is, or rather, they are, two i … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Dr Klemetti has an interesting post at his Eruptions blog today on undersea volcanism in the Kermade … more →
wrote 10 months ago: St. Michael’s, Aug. 2, 1811. For the last four months we have scarcely been three days togethe … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Seven huge coral boulders standing on the western shore of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu may b … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Beneath the North Pacific off the coast of Canada and the north-western United States is one of the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Using the latest in deep-sea exploration technology, British scientists are to investigate the wor … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A team of researchers has discovered evidence of explosive volcanism 4km down on the Arctic Ocean se … more →
wrote 1 year ago: National Geographic News has an article today about the submarine volcano recently discovered off th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: English-language Icelandic news website Iceland Review Online has another report on the large submar … more →