Volcanoes

Came across this very interesting site on volcanoes. The best part is the Google Earth link they provide for each volcano. It absolutely great! They also have a page on current eruptions of all volcanoes around the world. You can download a link that will take you on a Google Earth tour of the week’s volcanoes. Then there is this site that shows recent seismic activity around the world on a map. Here is a map of the last 24 hours’ activity. The worlds most active volcanoes are listed here, and list of the worlds “super volcanoes” can be found here. With temperatures up to 1600 degrees Celcius, eruptions that can last up to a year, with 70,000 people having died since 1902 by volcanic eruptions and their related impacts, super fast lava flows of up to 360 miles per hour and up to 150 km in length, explosive eruption plumes of up to 40km high, volcanoes are a force of nature to be reckoned with!