Category Archives: geohazards

Footage from Mount Etna

Mount Etna has been erupting again, and some fairly impressive footage of lava fountains have made it onto YouTube: Both clips at some point zoom out to show that the footage is being filmed from the streets of a town … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, volcanoes

Ill-served by press releases?

Should scientists add a ‘lay statement’ for public consumption to their papers?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science

Lusi: not man-made after all?

Was the mud volcano triggered by an earthquake rather than poor drilling practice?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, Lusi, paper reviews

Earthquake activity in Indonesia

There have been some reports of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shaking things up in eastern Indonesia. More info from the USGS: The media report that there was a tsunami warning issued, which seemed a little odd: you’re not going to … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards

Volcanoes from space!

It was noted in this story about increasing seismic and thermal activity at Bezymianny volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula that two other volcanoes had been continuously active in this region for the past 11 years or so. My interest was … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, geology, volcanoes