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A wealth of information, and links to related sites such as the Hawaiian, Alaskan, Cascades, Yellowstone, and other volcano observatories, can be found at the U.S. Geological Survey's main volcano page One especially useful link is to a photoglossary of terms The "Weekly Volcano Activity Report" is a feature of the Global Volcano Program, a joint venture of USGS and the Smithsonian Institution One link of special interest describes the USGS's Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, which involves the world's only volcano crisis response team. In cooperation with USAID and other agencies, it has responded to more than a dozen volcano crises since 1986. See "Volcano World" is a very popular site, maintained with support from NASA to promote public access to and use of space science data, with links to a tremendous variety of information about terrestrial volcanoes and those on other planets, including lists of current/recent volcanic activity. See Michigan Technological University maintains a particularly informative "Volcanoes Page" including abundant references at "The Electronic Volcano" includes many links to volcano information and volcano observatories worldwide Take virtual tours of volcanoes and explore the history of Stromboli at A wealth of volcano information, imagery, and eruption accounts, including information on extraterrestrial volcanoes, is at The U.S. Geological Survey now makes many reports and fact sheets available online, including: "Monitoring ground deformation from space" (2005) "Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and destruction of a Cascade volcano" (2002) "Mount Rainier — Learning to live with volcanic risk" (2002) "Mount St. Helens erupts again" (2005) "Mount St. Helens erupts again" (2005) "Steam explosions, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions—What's next in Yellowstone's future?" (2005) "Tracking changes in Yellowstone's restless volcanic system"(2004) |