Only a brief post today as I'm off to Bowling Green State University to give a colloquium talk on my research in New Zealand (which does remind me, I promise I'll have a post soon on my own paper that came out a few weeks ago).
Anyway, I just thought I'd post this week's
Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic Activity Report,
with some extra information gathering on my part. Let's look at some of the highlights:
Mariana Islands: I know some of you noticed the change in status for Pagan in the Mariana Islands. In a bit of volcano monitoring that harkens back to the 19th century, a passing ship noticed incandescence at the summit of the volcano, however no other observations have been made since due to cloud cover. Pagan is a fairly volatile volcano, having erupted in both 2009 and 2010.
Philippines:
is still rumbling away, but ...
