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eklemetti | July 12, 2009I haven't done too many interviews in my day, so this was kind of fun. Wander on over to The Reef Tank and you can read my interview - mostly about the role of water in its many forms on Earth in understanding magmatism and volcanism. Thanks to Ava from The Reef Blog for the interview!
And if you run a blog or website and want to interview me, feel free to drop me a line:
eklemetti | June 22, 2009I'm buried knee-deep in lab work this week, so I don't know how much internet scouring I will be able to do for new news, however, I should have time for a mailbag column.
So, do you have a burning (no pun intended) volcano question you want answered? Email the question(s) to me and I will try to answer them in a mailbag column later this week.
Send the questions to:
(And while you're at it, if you have any volcano images you'd like to share, send them to the same email address!)
Volcan Llaima in Chile erupting in February 2008. Image courtesy of Eruptions reader Melissa Lowman.
eklemetti | June 9, 2009Now that we've had three Volcano Profiles: Rabaul, Hood and Vesuvius, now it is time to vote on the next volcano. Take your pick and leave comments!
What volcano should be featured as the next "Volcano Profile"?(polling)
eklemetti | June 4, 2009This will likely be my last new post for the next week or so. I'll be off to my home town for a wedding and a reunion. If you're jonesing for up to date volcano info, be sure to visit the Volcanism Blog or the European Volcanological Society news page. Feel free to post any other links you know or breaking volcano news over on the open thread as well! I will be posting a couple pieces over this next week, including the next volcano profile, so stay tuned for those as well. Regular posting of new volcano news should return June 15.
Mt. Redoubt in Alaska steaming in spring 2009. Image courtesy…
eklemetti | May 15, 2009
Fernandina in the Galapagos erupting in April 2009. Photo by Harald Schmidt
First off, I wanted to thank everyone who has submitted volcanoes images so far. They are an remarkable collection (see examples above and below) that I will start using with the articles as they fit. Thank you for sharing these images and your experiences with me (and eventually, with the readers of Eruptions).
That being said, send me (more) pictures of volcanoes - erupting or not - that I might use on the blog. I will be sure to give you appropriate credit for the image and if you'd like me to link to your…
eklemetti | May 10, 2009Things were relatively quiet, volcanically speaking, over the weekend and that reminded me, it is just about time to vote on the next in my Volcano Profile series. We've had two volcanoes featured so far: Rabaul in Papua New Guinea and Hood in Oregon. Take a look at the list below and vote for the next in the series!
What would you like to see as the next "Volcano Profile"?(opinion polls)
eklemetti | May 7, 2009If you haven't noticed, I like to use pictures of volcanoes on this here blog. Sometimes I use pictures I've taken, but I know that many of you have pictures that would put mine to shame. So, I'd like to ask you, Eruptions readers, if you would send me pictures of volcanoes - erupting or not - that I might use on the blog. I will be sure to give you appropriate credit for the image and if you'd like me to link to your homepage/blog/website whatever, I can do that as well. If you do choose to send me images, please make sure to list the volcano, approximately when you took it and any other…
eklemetti | May 6, 2009Just a gentle, loving reminder that if you like what you see on Eruptions, why not recommend these articles on your website of choice: Digg, Technorati, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Slashdot, Twitter, whatever. You can also follow Eruptions via Facebook. Click on the link for "Networked Blogs" in the bottom left cover of this page.
Hope you keep enjoying the volcano news!
eklemetti | May 3, 2009Chaiten erupting in May 2008. Image courtesy of ONEMI.
Speaking of anniversaries, this weekend is the one-year mark for the Chaiten eruption (in spanish) in Chile, the first eruption at the volcano in ~9,000 years. Yes, indeed, the rhyolite eruption that caught most everyone by surprise is still going strong one year later, with two domes growing within the caldera (in spanish). The eruption produced some of the most impressive and sustained ash columns in years (see below) - climbing to 16 km/9 mi, abundant lahars and pyroclastic flows from the emergence and growth/collapse of the domes and…
eklemetti | May 1, 2009Happy Birthday, Eruptions!
Well, this definitely snuck up on me, but today marks the one-year anniversary for Eruptions! On May 1, 2008, I started this little blog and if anyone told me that a year later I'd be paid for the gig and getting 50,000 views a month, I would have called them nuts.
So, thank you to all the Eruptions readers and commenters - there are too many to list here, but we've had a blast discussing the eruptions at Chaiten, Redoubt, Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai, Huila, Kasatochi and many many more. It is these discussions that make me realize that this blog is useful, especially…
eklemetti | April 20, 2009As of late, a number of comments have been eaten by the SB spam filters. Mostly, they are longer comments with hyperlinks. I try to check the spam folder to catch such incorrectly identified comments, but if you notice your comment not showing up in the discussion, shoot me an email and I can check the folder. I don't want to lessen the spam filter effectively so we don't get inundated with fantastic offers for various products, so hopefully this won't become too much of a problem.
Thanks for all the comments! Keep them coming!
eklemetti | April 13, 2009Chaiten erupting on January 19, 2009. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.
It is hard to believe that we are less than one month away from one-year anniversary of the beginning of the eruption at Chaiten (and with it, the one-year anniversary of this blog!) The volcano in southern Chile is still erupting away, creating at least 2 dome complexes within the older caldera. These domes have been experiencing periodic collapses, creating block & ash flows, some of which have made it out of the caldera and down close to the ghost town of Chaiten. Along with the block & ash flows,…
eklemetti | April 8, 2009Back in the ol' Wordpress days, I did try to have a Mailbag column here on Eruptions. I'd like to restart that here on ScienceBlogs, so if you have any volcano-related questions (or heck, any questions), please email them to me at ewklemett (at symbol) gmail (dot) com. After I get enough questions, I'll answer them in a weekly (biweekly? monthly?) column.
Also, if you're into this sort of thing, why not follow Eruptions via Facebook. Click on the link for "Networked Blogs" in the bottom left cover of this page.
While you're at it, if you like what you see here, recommend these articles on…
eklemetti | March 16, 2009I've finished migrating my archives of the ol' Wordpress Eruptions (since May 2008), so if you're looking for more information, try clicking "Archives" at the top of the page and wander through there. I will be updating the archives with category linked for each volcano, but that might take a while to retrofit. Enjoy!
eklemetti | February 11, 2009I get a fairly steady stream of emails from Eruptions readers, some of which are very worth a post, but sometimes it takes me a while to get around to posting. This is my second attempt to catch up on these mailbag emails. Remember, feel free to email me questions or comments whether you want.
Reader Aldo Piombino sent me an email last month after my post on potential Antarctic volcanism asking about some more unknown volcanoes. He brings up Mt. Marsili in the Tyrrhenian Sea (including a post of his own, in Italian), a volcano of which I was not aware. It is a submarine volcano (info on…
eklemetti | January 26, 2009I'm just toying with the new Wordpress Poll option, so I thought I'd throw this out at Eruptions readers. Enjoy! Feel free to leave comments justifying your pick.
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eklemetti | January 17, 2009
I made it back from New Zealand yesterday after spending the last two weeks looking at some of the most remarkable volcanic landscapes you could imagine. I'll add more detail soon for those of you interested in the volcanism of the North Island, but I'll leave you with a picture of yours truly in from of Ngauruhoe (a.k.a Mt. Doom) along the Tongariro Crossing. The volcano last erupted in 1977 and it considering the youngest vent of Tongariro. Ngauruhoe has had >60 eruptions over the last 150 years.
eklemetti | January 1, 2009
Right as Yellowstone is getting interesting (or at least had signs of interest), Eruptions is going on a bit of a break again starting January 2. This time it is because I'm off to the North Island of New Zealand to do some field work. I'll be headed to Tarawera (hopefully both the 1305 and 1886 eruption deposits), Taupo, Tongariro, the area around Rotorua and maybe even White Island (amongst other). I won't have my MacBook, but I will have my iPod Touch, so I'll try to keep track and make brief posts if something big comes up, but feel free to use this post as a clearinghouse for any news…
eklemetti | December 24, 2008
Well, the holidays (and its visitors) have derailed my blogging ability, so in that note, I will officially declare the Eruptions holiday until 12/30. Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) to all the Eruptions readers - and I just hit the 100,000 visit mark, a great Christmas gift for me! - and I'll catch up with some info on Chaiten, St. Helens and whatever volcano news that has happened in the interim.
eklemetti | December 9, 2008
My blogging frequency might be a little scattershot for the next few weeks thanks to the American Geophysical Union Winter Meeting in San Francisco (if you're at the meeting, you can always hear me talk about rhyolite genesis in New Zealand) and then the holidays. I will be experimenting with blogging from my new iPod Touch during the meeting if I hear something interest - yes, live-blogging a geology meeting, is this a first? - Â but that might also end up being an abysmal failure. I suppose it is the closest I'll come to live-blogging the other Winter Meeting ...