[Paal Gulli]

They would save on newsprint if they'd just report when some volcano or other in Indonesia wasn't erupting.

It sits on top of one of the most geologically active regions in the Ring of Fire.

[Peter ODonnell]

It’s near the northern tip of Sulawesi (also known as Celebes); the large 1815 eruption of Tamboro was on an island located south of Sulawesi (or about 300 miles south of the current event).

First indications are this could be a lower end “moderate” dust veil event on a scale similar to Pinatubo in 1991-92, not a “major” like Tamboro was. Krakatoa was between moderate and major (in climate terms, about two-thirds the impact of Tamboro).

If this eruption will have any significant effect on global temperature remains to be worked out. It could, but further measurements will be needed if more eruptions take place.

[citizen]

Newsprint? What is that?