Reports out of Jakarta suggest that there could be an increase in activity at Anak Krakatau, however, it is unclear if the the increase is real or just being driven by the public's perceived fear of an eruption.

Indonesian activity (other than Anak Krakatau), tsunamis threat to Dominica, science versus politics in the Canary Islands and satellite images.

We either have more lava or less lava in the Galapagos, it just depends with who you speak.

The Mt. Baker Volcano Research Center is a new non-profit that bring together all the research done on the Cascade volcano, along with fostering new research – exactly the sort of collaborative endeavor that is needed in volcanology today.

Your weekly roundup of volcano news, including a big spike in sulfur dioxide emissions from Kilauea.

Either the eruption at Fernandina has kicked back up again, or, based on the accompanying photo, we've landed on Gliese 581 D.

A few brief news items in the world of volcanoes for today.

Have fun interpreting some recent geologic events!

All your volcano news and a Sakurajima webcam!

The ash cloud of erupting Mt. Pagan in the Mariana Islands is captured by satellite – how many eruptions did we miss before all the remote sensing of our modern age?

The ongoing eruption in the Galapagos begins to take its toll on the local wildlife.

The Hut webcam gets right up into the new dome forming on Redoubt.

Llaima from space, lightning caught at Redoubt and an eruption video to send you to the weekend.

The Chilean government has its own ideas about what to do with the relocated town of Chaiten.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Mt. Hood in Oregon (well, maybe not everything, but a lot), the second in my "Volcano Profiles" series.

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The tephra building up near the summit vent at Llaima could cause a more explosive eruption to occur says the Chilean Geological Survey.

Almost 200 years later, you still have to just be awestruck by the magnitude of the "Great Eruption" of Tambora that produced the "Years without a Summer".

NASA has been keeping an eye on the current eruption of Llaima from space.

$15 million dollars for volcano monitoring! That's just throwing money into the caldera! (Just kidding.) The money has started to flow to the USGS to improve our ailing volcano and earthquake monitoring infrastructure.