On November 5, a M9.0 earthquake hit the area from Kamchatka to Sakhalin. It caused a devastating tsunami. Over 2000 people were killed in the fishing town of Severo Kurilsk, on one of the islands ...

On 15 July, a video of an explosive eruption of Erta Ale (Afar Region, Ethiopia) volcano was briefly discussed in the comment section. It was a small ash plume emerging from the summit of the ...

Activity at Mount Tehama continued for about 200,000 years and consisted mostly of pyroclastics and andesitic lava flows containing olivine. During the same period of time, other volcanic vents began ...

It seemed like yesterday, the day I first discovered volcanic winter while conducting research on the infamous 1993 “storm of the century,” and some passing weather enthusiast had brought up Pinatubo ...

Before we move on to have a look of the geological history of Shasta, it is worth noticing that because of the meteorological conditions, quite often a difference of 60C or more between the valley to ...