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Tracking the ash from the 'unpronounceable' volcano43 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 3 weeks ago: From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Scientists ‘read’ t … more →

Tags: aérosols, NASA, Iceland, Eyjafjallajokull, Iberian Peninsula, AERONET, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, LIDAR, Central Europe

Missing the Missing Summer261 comments

Willis Eschenbach wrote 1 month ago: Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Since I was a kid I’ve been reading stories about “The Y … more →

Tags: Volcanoes, Mount Tambora, year without a summer, early instrumental records, Year without Summer

Dronning Maud Meets the Little Ice Age106 comments

Willis Eschenbach wrote 1 month ago: Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I have to learn to keep my blood pressure down … this new pape … more →

Tags: Arctic, Volcanoes, Little Ice Age, negative feedback, queen maud land

Trigger for Little Ice Age - a half century of volcanism?99 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Winter landscape with iceskaters, c. 1608, Hendrick Avercamp (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Dr. Roger Pie … more →

Tags: aérosols, paleoclimatology, Little Ice Age, Geophysical Research Letters, Lia

Volcanic Disruptions216 comments

Willis Eschenbach wrote 2 months ago: Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The claim is often made that volcanoes support the theory that forci … more →

Tags: climate sensitivity, hadcrut, UAH, climate forcing

USGS California Volcano Observatory Opens26 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 3 months ago:   “More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of … more →

Tags: Volcanoes, USGS

Gradually heading to hell in a handbasket just as bad as instant doom78 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 3 months ago: From the National Science Foundation: Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt Photo of Grie … more →

Tags: Science, paleoclimatology, extinction, Earth, National Science Foundation, Permian, permian-triassic extinction event, Siberian Trap, ellesmere island

New paper speculates on volcanoes during the Little Ice Age287 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 4 months ago: From NCAR/UCAR, they’re still trying to stamp out solar influence as a potential cause of the … more →

Tags: paleoclimatology, Arctic, Little Ice Age, Geophysical Research Letters, northern hemisphere, national center for atmospheric research, University of Colorado-Boulder, Community Climate System Model, gifford miller

Death Valley's Big Bang Theory47 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 4 months ago: From the The Earth Institute at Columbia University Waiting for Death Valley’s Big Bang A volc … more →

Tags: Geophysical Research Letters, Columbia University, Purdue University, lamont doherty, Death Valley, Death Valley National Park, ubehebe crater, Yellowstone National Park

Prophet Margins: Predictions 2025

theclockworm wrote 7 months ago: As we all know, becoming a SF writer means predicting the future. Now, don’t get me wrong; I know th … more →

Tags: Fiction, SF, Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert Heinlein, Humor, Predictions, Wil Wheaton

El Hierro Earthquake Count Reaches 8,8504 comments

coto2admin wrote 8 months ago: Latest Seismic Activity By Irish Weather Online The number of earthquakes recorded since July 17 on … more →

Tags: Environment, el hierro, Canary Islands, volcano

Undersea volcanoes might be more common than previously thought72 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 9 months ago: Reader “Mark” in Tips and Notes writes: Surprise Underwater Volcanic Eruption Discovered … more →

Volcano found on the Moon's farside51 comments

News Staff wrote 10 months ago: Non-mare silicic volcanism on the lunar farside at Compton–Belkovich Bradley L. Jolliff,Sandra A. Wi … more →

Tags: Space, Moon, nature geoscience, volcano

New study suggests that the volcanic impact on climate may be significantly underestimated51 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 10 months ago: Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland acquired April 17, 2010 - Image NASA MODIS Thick ash p … more →

Tags: aérosols, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Eyjafjallajokull, French National Centre for Scientific Research

Katla: Let's get ready to ruuuummmbbbbllle46 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 10 months ago: Russ Steele writes: Iceland Update: Katla is rumbling again I wrote about the possibility that Katla … more →

Satellite Composite Shows Chilean Volcano Plume Spreading Globally33 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 11 months ago: Three different satellite image flyovers were combined from NASA's Aqua satellite to show the j … more →

Tags: Goddard Space Flight Center, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Aqua, New Zealand, Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle

Dramatic satellite images of the Ethiopian eruption71 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 11 months ago: The MODIS/AQUA rapidfire website finally had a pass overhead online early this AM of the Ethiopian/E … more →

Tags: volcano, Eritrea, Ethiopia, sulfur dioxide

Earthquakes and volcanic eruption in Ethiopia98 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 11 months ago: UPDATE: I’ve updated the sat IR image below, plus added some Google Earth imagery below. The a … more →

Tags: Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, earthquake swarm

Sulfur Dioxide plume from the Chilean volcano39 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 11 months ago: Here’s the eruption seen from NASA MODIS: This visible image was taken on June 8 at 18:30 UTC … more →

Tags: Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle, Chile, eumetsat


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