We have new IVM-Fund T-shirts available!

They’re only $20 each and all proceeds go towards our second volcano monitoring project in Guatemala supporting the communities around Guatemala’s two other active volcanoes: Fuego and Pacaya.
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Summer 2009

On the weekend of July 25 – 27, 2009, Jeff Witter and Ryan Wilson, made a trip to the Dorr fumarole field, high on the NE flank of Mt. Baker volcano, located in northern Washington State (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Mt. Baker is located in northern Washington State.
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Dr. Nick Varley received his Ph.D. from Kingston University in the U.K. For two years, he studied diffuse degassing at Popocatépetl volcano as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geophysics (UNAM) in Mexico City. In 2000, Dr. Varley became professor of volcanology at the University of Colima in western Mexico where he currently teaches. He is responsible for geochemical monitoring of Colima volcano and is also a member of Colima’s Scientific Advisory Committee.

In 2004, Dr. Varley created the Centre for Exchange and Research in Volcanology at the University of Colima. Two of the goals of this organization are to carry out research projects to improve the understanding of volcanic systems and improve the quality of monitoring of Volcán de Colima by implementing new monitoring techniques.

The International Volcano Monitoring Fund seeks to provide support to Dr. Varley in order for him to continue his important volcano monitoring work at Volcán de Colima.