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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   |
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? |
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 2004 |
Geophenomena An Ashen Threat to Aviation Safety... Volcano Refuge Ends... |
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. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever |
Today's Volcano Risks Active volcanoes pose a threat to commercial aircraft, engendering course diversions around potential danger spots. |
AskMen.com
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Volcanoes Visit a volcanoe during your next vacation. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Tim Palucka |
Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning. |
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
October 2004
Sever, Pratt & Libick |
Mount St. Helens Activity Updates Updates on Mt. St. Helens activity from October 1 to October 14. |
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. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
New Lightning Tech Could Help Hurricane Tracking & Preparation Tallying lightning strikes from thousands of miles away may be the key to measuring the strength of hurricanes before they get close to land. |
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
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. |
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. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Laura Stafford |
Tiger in the Sky Two weeks before the space shuttle Columbia exploded during reentry to Earth's atmosphere, astronaut Ilan Ramon "saw" an unusual occurrence, a quick red flash in the upper atmosphere. |
High on Adventure
April 2008
Vicki Andersen |
Creation of the cascade mountains The 700-mile stretch of playground known as the Cascade Mountain range is comprised of more than a dozen major peaks. |
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
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
Outside
October 2005
Jason Daley |
Struck Rod Liberal was climbing in the Grand Tetons when the worst happened -- a flash of lightning blasted him and a group of his climbing friends, leaving one dead. What's life like after high voltage rips through your body? You don't want to know. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1, 2009
Mark Huber |
Air France Mystery: Was Lightning to Blame? Aviation experts agree that it is highly unlikely that lightning alone caused the crash of Air France Flight 447 earlier today. |
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
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 |
Outside
January 2002
Brad Weltzer |
The Wild File How do you officially name a mountain?... Why don't we get thunder and lightning during winter storms?... |
Geotimes
December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Natural Hazards Drilling a fault... Mount St. Helens awakens... Reviewing Sumatra... SAFOD crosses the fault... |
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. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Maureen Salamon |
Accidental Weatherman Raul Padron has become the accidental instigator of a network of weather stations and lightning detectors in Venezuela that have saved his own biology equipment and filled in the gaps of existing forecasting systems in the region. |
Science News
June 23, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 19, 1937, issue Lightning is caused by break-up of raindrops... Records of "Gibbonese" made in jungles of Siam... Jaundice research may give clue to arthritis control... |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
How to Make Lightning: Wire + Rocket + Thundercloud Helping to isolate the effect of emissions, researchers have made the first direct measurements of lightning-related NOx, and it's one cool-looking experiment. |
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
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
August 2005
Megan Sever |
Icy Methane Volcano on Titan New images taken by the Cassini spacecraft during a flyby of Saturn's largest satellite are now revealing what researchers think is evidence of a large volcano on Titan that could be erupting methane. |
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. |
Outside
May 2003
Brad Wetzler |
The Wild File How much does Mount Everest weigh?... Is a $50 shirt with a 50+ SPF rating more protective than my old Iron Maiden T-shirt?... If I'm riding my bike during a lightning storm, will the tires keep me grounded? |
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. |
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
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. |
