Some brief notes before I dive headlong into the exciting world of faculty orientation!
A small steam plume coming from Turrialba in Costa Rica. Photo taken in August 2007.
There are some preliminary reports of the state of wildlife (and everything) around Kasatochi Island in the Aleutians from the US F&W and USGS team that headed to check out how the island has recovered since last year's eruption. The shoreline has been radically transformed by the ash and although some seabirds have made attempts to nest in the loose ash, it doesn't seem to have been very successful. However, not surprisingly, the island is not devoid of life and some creatures have been able to make a foothold on the volcanic island again.
Sulfur dioxide emissions have increased from Mayon in recent days, however geologists from PHIVOLCS do not think this mean an eruption is eminent. The SO2 output has ...
