Five Minute Volcano
You got 5 minutes, right? Well, then spend it learning about a new volcano each week. Your host Dr. Erik Klemetti (a professional volcanologist) will feature a new volcano with all the facts you need and likely quite a few facts you don't. Wow your friends with how much you know about some random volcano. It'll be our secret.
Podcasting since 2025 • 4 episodes
Five Minute Volcano
Latest Episodes
5 Minute Volcano #4, Terpuk, Russia
This week's 5 Minute Volcano takes us to the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. Terpuk is a remote shield volcano that captures some of the odd magmatic and tectonic processes happening way up in the northern end of the peni...
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Episode 4
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5 Minute Volcano #3: Terceira, Portugal
This week's 5 Minute Volcano heads to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean as I explore Terceira in the Azores. Although in some ways, the Azores (and Terceira) are like Hawai'i, they are also quite different thanks to the complicat...
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Episode 3
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5 Minute Volcano #2: Karisimbi, Rwanda/DRC
This week's episode of 5 Minute Volcano heads to central Africa to look at one of the largest volcanoes in the East African Rift. Karisimbi is next door to more famous volcanoes like Nyiragongo, but even if it might have have erupted i...
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Episode 2
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