Natural hazards 2017
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Volcanic Eruptions
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Evacuation for people from Vanuatu's volcanic Ambae island completed
The evacuation of people from Vanuatu's volcanic Ambae island to the islands of Maewo and Santo is now completed after the Vanuatu government asked Ambae's people to have a compulsory evacuation. According
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Hawaii eruption could last years, destroy new areas: geologists
The eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could last for months or years and threaten new communities on the Big Island, according to a report by U.S. government geologists. A main risk is a possible change
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Climate change causing high-altitude clouds to becoming increasingly visible
The discovery of high altitude cloud formations was made possible in 1885 after the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia increased the amount of water vapour in the air. Sightings of the clouds became
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Human influence on sub-regional surface air temperature change over India
<p>Human activities have been implicated in the observed increase in Global Mean Surface Temperature. Over regional scales where climatic changes determine societal impacts and drive adaptation related
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Indonesia's most volatile volcano erupts again
Indonesia's most volatile volcano spewed smoke and ash early Monday in the latest of several eruptions in less than two weeks. Mount Merapi on the main island of Java erupted twice, sending a column
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Biological responses of Crested and Least auklets to volcanic destruction of nesting habitat in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
<p>Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella) and Least Auklets (A. pusilla) are crevice-nesting birds that breed in large mixed colonies at relatively few sites in the Aleutian Island archipelago, Bering Sea,
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Surviving climate change, then and now
Trade and social networking helped our Homo sapiens ancestors survive a climate-changing volcanic eruption 40,000 years ago, giving hope that we will be able to ride out global warming by staying interconnected,
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Global catastrophic risks 2017
This third annual report on global risk brings together leading academic experts to describe and assess global threats. This year's report presents updates to previously published information about global
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Hekla volcano, Iceland, in the 20th century: Lava volumes, production rates, and effusion rates
<p>Lava flow thicknesses, volumes, and effusion rates provide essential information for understanding the behavior of eruptions and their associated deformation signals. Preeruption and posteruption elevation