Current Volcano Alert Level: WARNING
Previous Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: RED
Previous Aviation Color Code: ORANGE
Kīlauea volcano is erupting. A new eruption began at approximately 12:30 a.m. HST on Monday, June 3, likely about a mile (1-2 km) south of Kīlauea caldera and north of the Koa'e fault system and Hilina Pali Road, within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
#Volcanic#eruption - A state of emergency has been declared in southern #Iceland because of another #volcaniceruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula (the fourth since December).
It is thought to be the most powerful flare-up so far. Lava has reached the eastern defences around the evacuated town of #Grindavik, local media said.
People have also been moved from the nearby Blue Lagoon, one of Iceland's most popular tourist attractions.
"Alarming news from New Zealand scientists suggests the #ozone layer might not be recovering after all.
The research published in Nature Communications suggests the Antarctic ozone layer has reduced by 26% since 2004, contrary to previous reports of recovery by actions taken under an agreement called the Montreal Protocol.
Original and 3x AI versions of Rangitoto Island.
Rangitoto is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide island is a symmetrical shield volcano cone capped by central scoria cones, reaching a height of 260 m (850 ft).
Rangitoto is the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the Auckland volcanic field. #ai#art#newzealand#nz#island#volcano#volcanic#nature#wild#photo#photography
US Hwy 395 through the Eastern Sierras is a CA Gold road trip that everyone should do at least once! Every season is gorgeous and my first Fall here has already been breathtaking and magical!
These shots are from Bishop Canyon Creek-South Lake and Wild Willy's hot springs near Mammoth.
I'm looking forward to exploring Mammoth and North to Lee Vining/Mono Lake this week!!!
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
"It just goes to show the power that preserving and protecting something has, even if it is by chance."
In 1996 a #volcanic eruption in #Iceland combined with the largest #glacier in #Europe to create the conditions that allowed the native #birchwood#mast (mass #seed release) in 1997 to reforest 35 square kilometers.
When protected from #humans, #nature does Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, on its timescale, to mitigate #ClimateChange