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Katla: My First Love
It seemed like yesterday, the day I first discovered volcanic winter while conducting research on the infamous 1993 “storm of the century,” and some passing weather enthusiast had brought up Pinatubo and volcanic winter, and from that moment, I would delve into volcanology headfirst. The first Vixen volcano that caught my eye was the Illustrious…
The Cerro Negro Problem
Over the past 6 years I’ve watched Chiles-Cerro Negro go through 4 different phases of unrest. Like a toxic lover, no matter how much I try, I can’t shake this volcano. I honestly thought I was going somewhere with Grimsvotn and Iwo-Jima but no. Grimsvotn is stable in the sense that nothing has really changed…
My Treasured Trio
2 years ago, I wrote an article detailing my selections for the most likely CFE candidates and a lot has changed. My opinion on Katla has changed and I do think an eruption in the near future more likely than not thanks to recent information from recent studies. We’ve gained insight into the magmatic structure…
Klyuchevskaya: The Uncrowned Queen
Many volcanoes have captured the attention of fanatics such as us, we often pick favorites depending on our internal biases. After all volcanoes provide varieties of intrigue to curious minds, from the mechanics of explosions surpassing the greatest of bombs, million years long eruptions that cover entire regions in magma, to simpler things such as…
Forgotten Winters
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? The allure of the unknown captivates all, no matter one’s social, political, religious, or scientific standing. From dark matter to what could lie beyond death to the ending of the Simpsons, these almost incomprehensible ideas steal our thoughts. I would contend that we Volcanic fanatics have some of the…
Corbetti Concerns
Caldera resurgence is either exceptionally boring or unbearably interesting. The slow crawl of the Lazufre system stands in contrast with the dramatic reawakening of Kita-Ioto. Some systems however straddle these lines, not up there with the scariest volcanoes but it wouldn’t be right to put them in the “boring’ territory. I can’t think of a…