Dr Boris Behnke gave us the honor of a visit and explained how Etna functions as a reply to Alyson and dfm. Quote:” We know pretty well how magma moves below and into Etna. Usually when we get seismic signals at 15-25 km depth and a strong increase in soil CO2 emission at the base…
Stromboli showed heightened activity during the last days and weeks. IngeB found an article on this behavior: “The stronger eruption intensity of Stromboli has also been subject to an article in Italian webnews. Because of the explosions at its summit, the civil protection organisation has hightened the alert level. http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/04/non-solo-letna-anche-lo-stromboli-sta-eruttando-con-forti-esplosioni-avviso-di-elevata-criticita-dalla-protezione-civile/200183/ “ Siencia Obsoleta found a…
Etna has had its ‘paroxysm’ #many. Every eruption is spectacular, but when they are so frequent it gets easier to focus on what is different with every eruption. Bruce Stout and Newby noted that the activity lasted much longer than previously in this series of paroxysms. Why this is, is off course a mystery, but…
This screenshot shows the first sight i got when i woke up this morning. Bruce Stout had been watching the event from the time it started and had left comments on VC which made me aware of what is going on. Etna changed its behavior the last days and displayed a 4th paroxysm today early in the…
The volcanic eruptions of Mount St Helens in 1980 and Nevado del Ruiz in 1985 made the general public aware of the dangers of co-existing with a large and potentially lethal volcano. It doesn’t take much imagination to see the possibilities of a lateral St Helens-type blast on a population of a great city as…
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