John Stix /newsroom/taxonomy/term/1949/all en Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can’t yet detect /newsroom/channels/news/hidden-magma-pools-pose-eruption-risks-we-cant-yet-detect-331267 <p>Scientists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth’s crust. But what happens if the magma can’t be spotted?</p> Mon, 31 May 2021 17:18:01 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 268524 at /newsroom EOS | Drones Swoop in to Measure Gas Belched from Volcanoes /newsroom/channels/news/eos-drones-swoop-measure-gas-belched-volcanoes-288193 <p><span>A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America’s two largest degassing volcanoes. </span></p> <p><a href="https://eos.org/project-updates/drones-swoop-in-to-measure-gas-belched-from-volcanoes">Read more </a></p> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:26:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 62697 at /newsroom Experts: Guatemala volcano eruption /newsroom/channels/news/experts-guatemala-volcano-eruption-287548 <p>“Rescuers scoured a lava- and ash-ravaged landscape in Guatemala for a third straight day on Wednesday in search of survivors and victims of Fuego volcano’s calamitous eruption, which has killed at least 99 people.” (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guatemala-volcano/rescuers-search-for-missing-near-guatemala-volcano-as-death-toll-climbs-idUSKCN1J22LP">Reuters</a>)</p> Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:43:25 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 43820 at /newsroom Expert: Philippine Volcano Erupts /newsroom/channels/news/expert-philippine-volcano-erupts-284065 <p><strong>Expert: Philippine Volcano Erupts</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>“The Philippines' most active volcano exploded thunderously Monday, sending a huge grey column of lava fragments, ash and steam into the sky and prompting authorities to warn that a violent eruption may be imminent.” (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippine-volcano-explosion-mount-mayon-1.4497787">CBC</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/groups/volcano/John_Profile.html">John Stix</a>, Earth and Planetary Sciences ϲ University</strong></p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:50:28 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 32880 at /newsroom John Stix /newsroom/john-stix Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23686 at /newsroom Thousands flee volcano eruption in Indonesia /newsroom/channels/news/thousands-flee-volcano-eruption-indonesia-253570 <p> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:45:14 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24248 at /newsroom ϲ expert: Japan volcano eruption /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-expert-japan-volcano-eruption-239207 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:07:57 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21176 at /newsroom