Volcanolive

Volcano Live

Follow this excellent programme via the website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tmqd6

On the website are video clips,interviews and up to date information about recent eruptions.

Shinmoedake recent eruption

The volcano made famous in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice has erupted. Shinmoedake on the island of Kyushu, not far from our link school.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/4423912/Japan-warns-of-volcano-eruption-within-48-hours.html

Mount Merapi

An excellent example of how monitoring volcanoes can reduce their impact. The recent eruption of Merapi in Indonesia.

Follow the link for more information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11625154

Indonesia lies on destructive plate boundary and has over 60 active volcanoes.
For more information follow the link:
http://www.volcanolive.com/news.html

Volcanoes in LEDC's

Two volcanic eruptions in Central and South America. Good examples of volcanoes in LEDC's.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10186112.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/29/2912776.htm

Iceland eruption

An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure in a field of ice.
The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier began to erupt just after midnight, sending lava a hundred metres high.
Icelandic airspace has been closed, flights diverted and roads closed. The eruption was about 120km (75 miles) east of the capital, Reykjavik.
About 500 people were moved from the area, a civil protection officer said.

This volcano now has meant all flights have ground to a halt in the UK as airports close due to an ash cloud from Iceland.


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm

Volcanoes

A really annoying song below, but it gets the message across.

Warning do not play it more than once!



A more serious website is the one from John Seach a well renowned vulcanologist.

http://www.volcanolive.com/index.html

BBC bitesize do some good notes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/platetectonics/volcanorev1.shtml