Largest explosive eruptions, from 1900 to 1500 AD.

After the recent developments of Iwo-Jima volcano, I’ve grown interested in whether submarine calderas are capable, or not, of producing substantial stratospheric sulfur injections, also in the effects and frequency of these injections, and eventually, as one thing led to another, in the identity of the eruptions behind them. Large volcanic explosions emit vast amounts…

Taal eruption update

In my previous article I wrote that Taal most likely would not continue to erupt for a long period of time, based on the previous history of the volcano. Obviously Taal decided to go for something not recorded in the historic annals. It is therefore time to take a deeper look at what is going…