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Geotimes October 2004	Geophenomena An Ashen Threat to Aviation Safety... Volcano Refuge Ends...
Geotimes July 2005 Naomi Lubick	Monitoring the Most Dangerous U.S. Volcanoes An assessment of the risks and hazards associated with volcanoes has led U.S. researchers to suggest a plan of action for avoiding future disasters, including threats to airplanes and populations living around these features.
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever	Ecuadorian Volcano Erupts, Kills 5 Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's "big three" volcanoes, once again ramped up its eruption, triggering emergency evacuations. At least five people were killed, many have been injured, and at least another 60 people are missing from villages that were destroyed by the eruption.
Popular Mechanics February 4, 2009 Douglas Fox	Redoubt Volcano's Rumblings Threaten The World's Third Largest Air Cargo Hub Twenty years ago KLM flight 867 made an emergency landing after encountering Volcano Redoubt's ash. With recent rumblings from the ominous volcano, can vulcanologists prevent future Redoubt-caused flight interference?
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	The Infrasound Renaissance We are just at the christening stage of infrasound, where we were with seismic technology 30 years ago. This technology has endless possibilities for teaching us about the world.
Geotimes October 2004	Mount St. Helens Erupts More than a week after seismic activity began, Mount St. Helens in Washington has now erupted a thick plume of white steam and light ash reaching as high as 15,000 feet
Geotimes November 2007 Toulkeridis et al.	When Volcanoes Threaten, Scientists Warn After multiple false alarms of volcanoes erupting, people may start to doubt the credibility of the alarms and not listen to them. Scientists need to better predict and communicate the dangers arising from living in the shadow of volcanoes.
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Indonesian Volcano Ready to Erupt Spewing hot clouds of gas and bulging with lava, Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, has rumbled to life, and a full-scale eruption is imminent, local officials warn.
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	Indonesian Volcanoes Erupt On Tuesday, two volcanoes erupted to life in Indonesia, killing at least two people, injuring others and forcing the evacuation of thousands.
Geotimes October 2004 Megan Sever	Mount St. Helens Alert Level Lowered On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey lowered the alert level for Mount St. Helens in Washington from a Level 3 Volcano Alert to a Level 2 Volcano Advisory.
Geotimes October 2004 Sever, Pratt & Libick	Mount St. Helens Activity Updates Updates on Mt. St. Helens activity from October 1 to October 14.
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Peter Coy	Airlines: Planning for Volcanic Ash Earlier successes in dealing with ash had made the airline carriers complacent this time around.
Geotimes April 2004 Ewert & Harpel	In Harm's Way: Population and Volcanic Risk Knowing the number of people potentially at risk from volcanic activity allows non-volcanologists and emergency managers to gauge the potential adverse impact of volcanic unrest and plan accordingly.
Geotimes September 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Mayon Volcano Eruption Slows Fewer seismic events and lessened ground deformation indicate that the ongoing eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Philippines' most active volcano, is finally slowing down.
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	Hazards Roundup: Iran and Kilauea In the past week, Earth has shaken with more than 50 earthquakes and nearly 20 volcanic eruptions. Nature's forces are at work around us.
Geotimes November 2007 Feldman & Tilling	Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth.
Geotimes May 2006 Megan Sever	Fleeing Vesuvius A picture is worth more than a thousand words in the case of what some newly uncovered footprints in Vesuvian ash are telling researchers about the hazards that Italy's most notorious volcano might pose in the future.
Geotimes October 2004 Pratt & Lubick	Mount St. Helens Could Erupt in Days to Months In the next few days to a month, there's a 70 percent chance that a small to moderate eruption event will happen at Mount St. Helens, site of the violent and deadly eruption of May 18, 1980.
Geotimes June 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Mexican Volcano Fires up Geologists fear the recent activity at the Volcan de Colima in Mexico is only the beginning of a larger event to come. The people surrounding Colima could have quite a dangerous situation on their hands.
Insurance & Technology March 24, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts; Insurers Stand By Several eruptions have begun to rain ash on Alaska's Susitna Valley, prompting an ash advisory from the National Weather Service and stepped-up preparations by Zurich/Farmers.
Geotimes October 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Strong Earthquake Shakes up Hawaii A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rumbled through the island chain of Hawaii, originating near Hawaii island, known as the "Big Island," according to the USGS. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.0 followed seven minutes later.
Geotimes March 2005 Jay Chapman	Hiking Nicaragua's Volcanoes Day trips from the major cities make it possible to see Nicaragua's best geologic features -- its volcanoes -- which are evenly spaced across the countryside.
Geotimes June 2005 Jake Lowenstern	Truth, Fiction and Everything in Between at Yellowstone The Yellowstone caldera is a volcano, and it almost certainly will erupt again someday. It's possible, though unlikely, that future eruptions could reach the magnitude of Yellowstone's three largest explosive eruptions, 2.1 million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago.
Chemistry World May 2010 Bibiana Campos Seijo	Editorial: Volcanic vexation The offending volcano spewed ash and smoke up to 10km into the sky - just short of typical aircraft cruising height - prompting the authorities to take immediate action and ban all flights across the region.
AskMen.com	Don't Be A Hero Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt.
Geotimes March 2005 Megan Sever	Wilderness and Volcanology Camp As part of a two-week volcanology field school, both undergraduate and graduate students explore and learn about lava flows, pyroclastic flows, calderas, fumaroles and crater lakes while learning how to travel and do fieldwork in the wilderness.
Outside January 2008 Kevin Krajick	Joe Blow Around the planet, hundreds of sleeping volcanoes could wake up with a bang at any moment. Volcanologist Chris Newhall is listening.
Geotimes July 2004 Megan Sever	Volcanic Avalanches New research suggests that shallow groundwater systems on volcanoes could explain deep edifice collapses.
Geotimes April 2005 Megan Sever	Vesuvius' Next Eruption Volcanologists are reconstructing the volcano's past to better predict just what might happen when it blows its top again.
Wired December 2006 John Geirland	The Sound of Silence The emerging science of infrasound may help track or even predict earthquakes and other disasters.
Geotimes February 2004 Sara Pratt	Volcanic forcing of El Ninos Research has begun to connect large volcanic eruptions with the onset of an El Nino. Now, climatologist Julian B. Adams of the University of Virginia and colleagues report in the Nov. 20 Nature that the events are likely linked in certain cases.
Chemistry World May 27, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Getting to grips with volcanic ash As the disruption to air travel caused by the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland subsides, researchers are taking a close look at volcanic ash to try to understand how hazardous it is to both aircraft engines and human health.
High on Adventure June 2004 Lee Juillerat	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Over the past 30 years, ongoing volcanic activity has perpetually helped to reshape the park, closing roads, covering trails and continually altering the park's landscape.
Outside February 2005 Mark Sundeen	Eruptus Interruptus Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Thar she... might blow! When Mount St. Helens threatened to go erupt again, disaster groupies rushed to the crater--and hoped for the worst.
Geotimes October 2003	Geophenomena New addition to the Aleutian family... Yellowstone geysers heat up... First dead zone forecast... etc.
Insurance & Technology February 9, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Zurich, Farmers Warn Customers of Possible Volcanic Eruption Insurance carriers urge Alaskan customers to implement business continuity plans to prepare for the possible eruption of Mount Redoubt.
Geotimes December 2005	Highlights 2005 -- Natural Hazards Drilling a fault... Mount St. Helens awakens... Reviewing Sumatra... SAFOD crosses the fault...
Geotimes April 2004 Pinsker & Sever	Paths of Destruction: The Hidden Threat at Mount Rainier Large mudflows called lahars, can occur without warning -- even in the absence of a significant eruptive event. Orting residents face a one in seven chance that a lahar will occur in their lifetimes... On Nov. 13, 1985, a deadly lahar occurred in Columbia, killing more than 23,000 people...
AskMen.com Harry Marks	Top 10: Volcanoes Visit a volcanoe during your next vacation.
Geotimes March 2004 Nakada & Eichelberger	Looking Into a Volcano: Drilling Unzen Geologists have long wanted to peer inside a volcano. Although we have good evidence from extinct and eroded volcanoes of their inner structure, we know little about the conditions in and near active volcanic conduits.
IEEE Spectrum February 2010 Prachi Patel	Dream Jobs 2010: Ronald Thomas, Engineer Versus the Volcano Ronald Thomas tracks the weird and vivid bursts of lightning that accompany erupting volcanoes
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Indonesian Quake Linked to Volcanic Activity? A powerful earthquake rocked through Indonesia's district of Bantul early Saturday morning, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. The quake could spell trouble for nearby Mount Merapi volcano, now on high alert for eruption.
Geotimes May 2007 Jessica F. Larsen	A Comment on... Volcanoes in a Changing Global Climate It is highly speculative at present to predict how global climate change will transform the science of volcanology. Yet it is important that we begin to anticipate how the impacts of volcanoes will change, as population and precipitation patterns adjust to climate change during the 21st century.
Adventure November 2004 McKenzie Funk	Russia From Source to Sea in Kamchatka. "Source," in this case, means the snows of the 5,100-foot Semyachik volcano, reached by a double-rotor Mi-8 helicopter. "Sea" is the Bering Sea, located just 20 miles of hiking and 110 miles of easy kayaking away.
Geotimes October 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Flexing Plates Produce Volcanoes There's a new kind of volcano in town, according to a new study.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Glenn Zorpette	Christian Antenor-Habazac: Under The Volcano This technical manager in Guadeloupe is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of the radio-based sensor networks that monitor the region's seismicity that would give officials warning of impeding volcanic eruptions.
Smithsonian February 2007 Eric Jaffe	Volcanic Lightning As sparks flew during the eruption of Mount St. Augustine in Alaska last year, scientists were able to make some new discoveries
Geotimes November 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Crystals Heat up Volcanic Eruptions Key pressure and temperature information preserved inside tiny bubbles in lava is causing scientists to rethink previous assumptions about how magma behaves, and what might trigger eruptions.
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick	Iceland volcano erupts The Grimsvotn volcano started to explosively erupt on Nov. 1, three hours after a swarm of earthquakes indicated the onset of an event. The volcano sits beneath the middle of the Vatnajokull ice cap -- Europe's largest.
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever	Mudflows Inundate Indonesian Villages A team of geologists recently traveled to Indonesia to examine a mudflow that has buried several villages, and to try to determine what caused the sudden eruption.