Volcanism

An international team of scientists has discovered that a 726 AD eruption of the Santorini volcano was a lot bigger than initially estimated, pointing to an "elevated hazard potential."

Though geothermal represents only a tiny fraction of current U.S. energy production, several businesses and President Joe Biden's administration are betting on technological advances to make it a backbone of the green transition.

Eleven climbers have been found dead after Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted, an official said, quoted by Reuters.

The warning comes as the number of earthquakes in the area has dropped significantly, which could be a sign that magma is sitting close to the surface

The eruption could primarily cause major damage to local infrastructure and the release of toxic fumes, writes the BBC.
Since the end of October, the southwestern region surrounding the Icelandic capital Reykjavik has been rocked by thousands of earthquakes.

An Icelandic town near the capital Reykjavik and home to some 4,000 people was evacuated overnight after hundreds of tremors caused fears of a volcanic eruption, authorities said Saturday.

Following the claims that as Mount Etna volcano is spewing smoke and ash in new eruption and that these volcanic ash clouds are likely to descend toward Türkiye and cause acid rain, some meteorologists have stressed that it is unlikely for these clouds to impact the country.

When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Teodoro Gonzalez Perez rushed to the Spanish island to see the lava flows with his own eyes, now he's back for another look.

Farmer Dionisio Pulido who saw vapor emanating from a hollow and shortly afterwards, witnessed the beginning of a unique event of a volcano being created!

The researchers say that super-eruptions shook eastern Australia between 256 and 252 million years ago