The committee hopes that if a major eruption were to occur in the United States in the year 2010, the USGS VHP would be prepared to respond in a manner more similar to Prologue 2 than to Prologue 1.
Volcanologists monitoring the Pacific Northwest have issued renewed warnings about several volcanic systems along the Cascade ...
Dr. John Eichelberger is the program coordinator for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. He has more than 34 years of experience as a volcano expert and was previously the chair of the University of ...
During volcanic crises, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) plays a pivotal role, sharing information on activity and associated hazards with close partners on the Island of Hawaii, including ...
Mt. Vesuvius, located in Campania Region (Southern Italy), is considered one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes due to its probability of future explosive eruptions in a densely populated area.
Airlines flying North Pacific routes between Asia and North America are still contending with a volcanic hazard in Alaska’s ...
Not all of the problematic issues identified during this review could be neatly categorized as affecting only research, assessment, monitoring, crisis response, or outreach. Several of the barriers to ...