Let's start the week with a bevy of new volcano news - the slow start to 2012 seems to be gaining some life. It isn't all new eruptions as such, but a number of well-known volcanoes are potentially rumbling.
Popcatépetl, Mexico Activity at Mexico's most famous volcano seems to be picking up over the last few months. This week saw another ~3 km / ~10,000 ash plume from Popocatépetl and CENAPRED has been reporting increasing seismicity at the volcano. There has also been consistent glow at night from the summit region - all signs that magma is very close to the surface. You can see some footage of this eruption and evacuations in an oddly captivating Indian news story (that seems to have gotten a little carried away with the use of moving arrows and zooms). CENAPRED's latest report has Popo on Yellow Alert status and they expect more small ...
