Eruption Update for January 7, 2015: Fogo, Popocatépetl, Colima

A webcam shot of Mexico's Popocatepetl on January 7, 2015. Ash from recent explosions coats the snow on the volcano's upper slopes. Source: CENAPRED webcam. First update on volcanic eruptions for the new year! Cape Verde Islands It appears that the eruption at Fogo (runner-up in the 2014 Pliny voting) might be changing its character - at least in the short term. Reports from the Cape Verde Islands say that the eruption has become increasing ash-rich and lava flows have ceased. The eruption has been going on for a month now, but this marks the first time that the eruption has been explosive rather than dominantly effusive (lava flows). This might suggest more gas in the magma erupting or new interaction with water in the conduit (or even the end of the eruption), but the source of this change is not clear . The humanitarian effort for the people displaced ...