News

A new eruption began on Iceland on 21 May, from Grimsvötn volcano.

Activity at Merapi volcano declined through November 2010 and a fieldtrip by our team in early December 2010 found that ash had been rapidly removed from the environment by heavy rainfall.

A new study led by IVHHN Director Claire Horwell has concluded that the ash from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull earlier this year does not have the potential to cause long-term respiratory health problems for Icelanders.

The UK Health Protection Agency have released a statement on the health hazard which can be viewed on their website.

Cities on Volcanoes 6 will take place at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) in May-June 2010. There will be a session dedicated to volcanic health hazards and IVHHN will be holding a workshop at the conference too.

Cities on Volcanoes 6 will take place at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) in May-June 2010. There will be a session dedicated to volcanic health hazards and IVHHN will be holding a workshop at the conference too.

4th IVHHN Workshop Summary

The IVHHN workshop opened with an update of recent activities including the production of pamphlets on volcanic ashfall hazards, which are available in a variety of languages.

Happy New Year! Please see the Meetings page to see the latest information on the IAVCEI General Assembly, to be held in Iceland in August 2008.

Please see the Meetings page to see the agenda for IVHHN's workshop at the CoV5 meeting