• Is Earth undergoing a true polar wander?

    Scientist claim that true polar wander is happening now. True polar wander is a solid-body rotation of a planet with respect to its spin axis, causing the geographic locations of the North and South Poles to change, or

  • Active volcanoes in the world: September 26 – October 02, 2012

    New unrest has been noticed around 4 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from September 26 – October 2, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a

  • Active volcanoes in the world: September 12 – September 18, 2012

    New unrest has been noticed around 7 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 7 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from September 12 – September 18 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is

  • Mount Soputan erupts spewing ash and smoke 1500 m into the sky

    Indonesian stratovolcano Mount Soputan erupted on September 18, 2012 shooting ash and smoke nearly 1500 m (1 mile) into the sky. State volcanology officials said that Mount Soputan on central Indonesia’s Sulawesi island erupted Tuesday afternoon but there is still no

  • New eruption at Fuego volcano in Guatemala

    Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego  erupted on the morning of September 13, 2012. According to the Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres ((CONRED), the eruption included ash emissions to the west, and a 500-meter (2,000-foot) long lava flow. CONRED

  • Satellite image of eruption of Pagan volcano, Mariana Islands

    A plume of steam poured from the restless Pagan volcano in early September 2012. A gray plume of volcanic steam and gas rises from the Pagan volcano and streams northward over the Pacific Ocean was observed by MODIS satellite on September 2. According the United…