This week, a tornado unexpectedly occurred above a glacier covered volcano. Meanwhile, another explosive eruption occurred at the Taal volcano in the Philippines, sending a plume of ash to an altitude of 2,800 meters. And, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Nyamuragira volcano produced an ever growing lava flow. Today's video will discuss these stories through the opinion and analysis of a geologist and list the 40 world volcanoes that are actively erupting. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Frame grab from a video by Phivolcs, Posted on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/100069419190342/videos/pcb.1156474276676535/1286707110167488 This video's thumbnail image displays a recent eruption of the Taal volcano in the Philippines. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 3.0 NZ: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/legalcode CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by Youtube.com/GeologyHub on Oct 5th, 2022. [2] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/controller.cfc?method=lameve, Used with Permission [3] Sernageomin [4] U.S. Geological Survey [5] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [6] Phivolcs [7] Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department [8] Servicio Geológico Colombiano [9] Instituto Geofísico Escuela Politécnica Nacional [10] Alaska Volcano Observatory [11] University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute [12] Geonet (New Zealand) [13] CIVISA (Azores) [14] Rabaul Volcano Observatory [15] Japanese Meteorological Agency [16] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office [17] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia) [18] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department [19] Tonga Geological Services [20] Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) [21] CIVISA [22] IVAR (Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos) 0:00 Nyiragongo Eruption 0:49 This Week's Top Stories 1:17 Taal Eruption 3:16 Llaima Tornado 4:28 Nyamuragira Lava Flow 5:06 List of Erupting Volcanoes