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Our Purpose:
A primary focus of volcanology is to provide scientific and educational information that can lead to hazard mitigation. Michigan Tech's Volcanoes Page aims to provide information about volcanoes to the public and to complement other informational sites on the web. We started this site when there were almost no other volcano sites--now there are lots, and many of them have far more resources. So we now aim to fill in spots that aren't covered elsewhere. Send your suggestions!
We could say a volcano is a liquid rock plumbing system which extends from several 10's of kilometers depth to the earth's surface, and includes the near vent deposits of eruptions. Is this a good definition? Is this a volcano? How about this? Or this? Or this?
Earth's Volcanoes
What's happening now? --Smithsonian Institution/ USGS
Which are earth's active volcanoes?--Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Network
How Volcanoes Work --NASA SDSU
Active Volcano Map
Useful links by volcano---USGS-CVO
Volcanoes of Canada--Geological Survey of Canada
Webcams of Italian Volcanoes--INGV
Earth's Atmosphere and Volcanoes Science News
Volcano World individual volcano links—VW-OregonSt
Annenberg Volcano Learner
Volcanic Cloud Hazards to Aviation - This page aims to provide information about how volcanic ash clouds affect aircraft, and how to avoid this hazard.
Volcanoes and People Scientists are not communication experts. This page is a first step at building communcation between scientists and teachers, with a goal of mitigating natural hazards.
Basic Guide to Volcanic Hazards prepared by Colleen M. Riley, MTU Volcanoes are beneficial to humans living on or near them. They produce fertile soil, and provide valuable minerals, water reservoirs, geothermal resources, and scenic beauty. But volcanoes can be very dangerous. Where can a person go to be safe from an erupting volcano? What types of volcanic hazards might they face? These questions are difficult to answer because there are many types of volcanic eruptions which produce different types of volcanic hazards.
IAVCEI web site Safety at volcanoes is a major concern--before you go to a volcano, read the safety recommendations from IAVCEI!
Granular Volcano Group Sebastien Dartevelle's work.
Air and Health-- European Environment Agency
NEW! Peace Corps Master's program in Mitigation of Geological Natural Hazards--first program of its kind, and a way to combine an MS degree with real experience on the rim of fire.
IVHHN International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Simulating a volcanic crisis in the classroom--Colgate Univ
GVES Vesuvius, The Making of a Catastrophe
Central American Volcanoes
Volcanoes of Northern Central America Northern Central America includes Guatemala and El Salvador. It is a region of high population density and with many active volcanoes. Here we have tried to provide some data of hazard mitigation value about this region.
Carr's Web--Rutgers University An introduction of Central American Volcanoes for researchers.
Honduras Geology--great resource from Rob Rogers, California Stanislaus
Ceren Web Resource--Joya de Ceren, El Salvador Univ Colorado--Payson Sheets
Salvadoran Volcanoes--SNET, El Salvador
Guatemalan Volcanoes--INSIVUMEH-Guatemala
Volcanoes of Nicaragua--INETER-Nicaragua
Volcanic Hazards Assessments USGS USGS-CVO
Latin American Volcanoes---Glyn Williams-Jones
Volcanoes from Space--Satellite methods NASA.
Satellite Detection of eruptions Satellite sensors around the world are used to keep track of volcanic activity--you can consult the near realtime and not so near realtime sources.
Volcanic Clouds Page--The Volcanic Clouds Web Site describes the formation and composition of volcanic ash, gas and aerosol clouds, the remote sensing methods we use to study them, and ways that this information can be used for science and hazard mitigation.
Natural Hazards from Space--NASA Earth Observatory site
Remote Sensing using Weather Satellites—UW Madison
Earth's Volcanoes--JPL Site
Remote Sensing Tutorial--NASA Goddard
Astronaut Photos of Earth--NASA JSC
Remote Sensing in Natural Hazards--Univ of Washington
Remote Sensing and Hazard Mitigation in Pacific Latin America—Michigan Tech University and NSF PIRE
Online Journals Related to Volcanology
Where volcanologic research is published--updated 2008
Links to items related to volcanoes, including observatories, universities with volcano research and other items of interest to volcanophiles.
IAVCEI Commision for Volcanic Gases
Recent Michigan Tech Publications about volcanoes
PBS Nova program about Galeras and Long period seismic warnings
Foreign Volcano Maps--USGS CVO
Erta Ale from Stromboli
A lighter side to living with volcanoes.
Volcano Funnies
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