Scientists say the recent bout of heightened volcanic activity may go on for centuries.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sparked the evacuation of the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and surrounding ...

Volcanic ash effects on Earth systems Date: October 4, 2023 Source: Cornell University Summary: To bridge the knowledge gap between volcanologists and atmospheric scientists working on climate ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Breakthroughs have included the development a free web tool, PlumeRise, which gives more accurate estimates of the amount of ash injected into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption because, ...

Volcanic ash is frozen lava, but on a very small scale. As it’s mostly made of silicon compounds, much like sand on the beach is, when it freezes from its molten state, ...

Volcanic ash consists of very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. Ash is created when solid rock shatters and magma separates into ...

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as ...

In the process, they may undergo chemical reactions on the surface of the ash itself—possibly pulling around 43% more sulfur dioxide out of the air. Ash, in other words, may hasten the transformation ...

Enter volcanic ash. When a single volcano erupted on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, back in 2021, the surrounding area was strewn with a monstrous 200 million cubic meters (that's ...

Volcanic ash is a silent killer, more so than lava: What Alaska needs to know with Mount Spurr likely to erupt. By David Kitchen, University of Richmond April 15, 2025 ...