Information on volcanology and volcanologists.
Remembering a scientist who died in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Volcanism is more than volcanoes: it's what recycles the Earth's crust.
How subducting plates create most of the world's volcanoes.
Moviemakers and scientists have gone beyond vinegar and baking soda.
Scientists look closely at the biggest volcanic explosions.
From your About Geology Guide, an article exploring these permanent Earth features that spawn volcanoes for millions of years.
This huge USGS site has tons of basics aimed at educated readers.
This Hawaii state institute uses Kilauea as a training lab for scientists from developing nations—and serves the population too.
A sprawling grab-bag of links for scientific and lay readers, not well maintained.
A boiled-down, hard-core collection of geochemical data for the world's volcanoes including the mid-ocean ridges. Bernie Gunn seems to know more about this field than anyone else, making the site an insider's joy for professionals.
A great online course from San Diego State University including animations, quizzes, and images.
An engaging set of discussions with real working lava-heads, from VolcanoWorld.
A detailed look at historical and field evidence from California's last live volcano.
One of the very best sites of its kind, full of treasures.
A splendid selection of photos and facts by Vladimir Dinets about this little-traveled area, where more mud volcanoes occur than anywhere else on Earth.
The jewels of this site are the huge "Volcanoes of the World" database and the well-organized linklists.
The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite measures volcanic emissions all over the world. Find recent pictures and data here.
A volunteer site at UC Santa Barbara with a good set of links and a first-rate essay collection.
An easy way to stay current, by cam and bulletin, with Japanese volcanic activity.
This weekly newsletter from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory focuses on the Aloha State, but not exclusively.
The Society's
Bulletin and a list of volcano cams are this site's highlights.
The best-known of the big volcano sites, and for good reason.
This site has great links to everywhere you can think of, the best geyser site on the Web.