News and Updates

The Icelandic Met Office has closely been following the activity near the town of Grindavik which was forced to evacuate multiple times due to the January 14th and February 8th, 2024 eruptions. Over the last month, The area east of Sýlingarfell is exhibiting unrest similar to the eruptions at the beginning of the year. The Icelandic Met Office has issued …

Read more “Increased likelihood of a volcanic eruption in the coming days, Southern Iceland “

Find daily USGS updates here: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates Hawaii Scientific Advisory Committee (H-SAC) The Hawaii Science Advisory Committee (H-SAC) is responsible for communicating between the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) and the academic community. H-SAC is accepting requests and proposals from academics to work with HVO and/or access the eruption area to collect data. H-SAC members for the Kīlauea …

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After 5 days of enhanced seismicity and ground deformation, a new fissure eruption began on July 7th on the Reykjanes peninsula in Southwestern Iceland. Many scientists from Iceland and internationally are hoping to collect data from this eruption. CONVERSE is ready help coordinate these efforts! Anyone interested in coordinating or collaborating should reach out to …

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The CONVERSE Center: Converging on Eruption Science with Equity  CONVERSE is a national geohazards center aiming to transform the scientific understanding of the volcanic system and associated hazards by connecting, in real-time, eruption dynamics with the modulating processes within active volcanoes. The overarching ambition of the center is to maximize scientific return from responses of …

Read more “AGU 2023 Town Hall”

Dear Colleagues, We are inviting contributions to a Fall AGU Symposium entitled Volcano Science and Volcano Crises: Success Stories and Balancing Acts. We want presentations of BOTH the exciting science emerging from recent eruptions and the issues that arise during volcanic crises that, in many cases, can be mitigated between eruptions. Abstract Deadline is August 2, …

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