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Wired Science has an interesting article about the 1783-1784 eruption of Laki Volcano . The eruption released toxic gases that killed tens of thousands of people in Europe and about 20% of the population of Iceland.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, eruption, europe, geophysics, iceland-volcano, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, satellite images, waterIceland’s Eyjafjallajokull Volcano has been disrupting air traffic on and off since it started erupting in March, 2010. An interesting blog post at the relatively new “Geohazards: Science for Society” blog (hosted by the American Geophysical Union) explores the idea of predicting the end of a volcanic eruption. I didn’t know about this new
Tags: africa, eruption, Geology.com, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, natural hazards, virginiaAn interesting video of the ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland shows a long stretch of a fiery fissure with lava fountaining.
Tags: eruption, europe, Geology.com, massachusetts, north, pennsylvania, united-states, washingtonThe White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, eruption, europe, Geology.com, mexico, university, virginia, volcanic-eruption, washingtonA previously unknown volcanic eruption in 1809 kicked off the coldest decade in the past 500 years. This eruption was larger than the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo and was followed in 1815 by the eruption of Tambora. The result was a global lowering of temperature.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/LX-CME_i5sg” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: ads-by-google, antarctic, canada, earth, eruption, europe, florida, geology-news, Geology.com, mexico, philippines, redoubt-volcano, virginia, volcano, volcanoesOn April 10, 1815, Tambora Volcano produced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. A NASA image provides a look at the summit caldera from June, 2009.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/q81jRMG9zr8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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