Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
- Associate Professor of Geosciences; Director for the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute, Boise State University
Thirty five years after the devastating eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcanologist looks back on how it unfolded – and how it forever changed our understanding of how volcanoes work.
Ash and mudflows are the biggest dangers from the unexpected eruption from the Calbuco volcano in Chile.
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