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seek
10th February 2011, 10:00
Unfortunately I can only post in the General Discussion, so maybe someone can help me moving this thread to the Climate section.

Here's an update of importance especially for the Europeans on the forum, new eruption will again bring chaos to travelers and who knows what else.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355123/Icelandic-volcano-erupt-dwarfing-years-Eyjafjallajokull-devastation.html

On the other hand, for the past 5 months I've read much about volcanoes erupting around the world and I found this website that has updated info on different types of disasters around the world:
http://www.gdacs.org/

Here's a list form the http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/ with the list of volcanoes active right now:
2 February-8 February 2011

New Activity/Unrest: | Fuego, Guatemala | Galeras, Colombia | Kirishima, Kyushu | Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ongoing Activity: | Bezymianny, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Kilauea, Hawaii (USA) | Kizimen, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Popocatépetl, México | Sakura-jima, Kyushu | Santa María, Guatemala | Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) | Tengger Caldera, Eastern Java (Indonesia) | Villarrica, Central Chile

Ulric
20th February 2011, 17:04
Eruptions occur at solar forced uplifts in surface temperatures, especially after cold winters.
Watch from mid May, analogue years suggest locations of Indonesia, Hawaii, Japan, Italy.