Social research

• Mafuko-Nyandwi, B., (2026), Mitigating Mazuku hazards: implementation and effectiveness of local dry-gas degassing measures in the Goma area (Virunga Volcanic Province), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 26(3), 1141-1160, 10.5194/nhess-26-1141-2026
• Horwell, C. J., Elias, T., Covey, J., Bhandari, R., Truby, J., (2023), Perceptions of volcanic air pollution and exposure reduction practices on the Island of Hawai‘i: Working towards socially relevant risk communication, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, 103853, 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103853
• Grattan, J., Brayshay, M. B., (1996), An amazing and portentous summer: environmental and social responses in Britain to the 1783 eruption of an Iceland Volcano, The Geograhical Journal, 161(2), 125-134, 10.2307/3059970

Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Tomašek, I., Eychenne, J., Damby, D. E., Hornby, A. J. , Romanias, M. N., Moune, S., Uzu, G., Schiavi, F., Dole, M., Gardés, E., Laumonier, M., Gorce, C., Minet-Quinard, R., Durif, J., Belville, C., Traoré, O., Blanchon, L., Sapin, V., (2025), Physicochemical poperties and bioreactivity of sub‐10 μm geogenic particles: Comparison of volcanic ash and desert dust, GeoHealth, 9(1), e2024GH001171, 10.1029/2024GH001171

Modelling

• Viveiros, F., Silva, C., Goulart, C., Gaspar, J. L., Ferreira, T., (2024), Soil CO2 flux maps as tools to reduce the risk on soil diffuse degassing areas , Frontiers in Earth Science, 12:1392722, 10.3389/feart.2024.1392722
• Brody-Heine, S., Katurji, M., Stewart, C., Wilson, T., Smid, E. S., Trancoso, R., (2024), Modeling SO2 dispersion from future eruptions in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand, Journal of Applied Volcanology, 13, 2, 10.1186/s13617-024-00141-0
• Hollingshead, A. T., Businger, S., Draxler, R., Porter, J., Stevens, D., (2003), Dispersion modelling of the Kilauea plume, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 108(1), 121-144, 10.1023/A:1023086823088

Leaching, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Zinicovscaia, I., Chernyagina, O., Chaligava, O., Grozdov, D., Fedorenko, M., Kapralov, M., (2024), Can metals and radionuclides in Shiveluch (Kamchatka) volcanic ash affect human health?, Journal of Environmental Management, 365, 121616, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121616

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Morales-Alpízar, J. D., Sibaja-Brenes, J. P., Mora-Barrantes, J. C., Martínez-Cruz, M., Borbón-Alpízar, H., Retana-Díaz, A. , Alfaro-Solís, R., (2024), Health risk assessment of staff at Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, due to exposure to SO2 and H2S gasses, Uniciencia , 38(1), 1-16, 10.15359/ru.38-1.28 , Article in Spanish with English abstract
• Mason, E., Weiser, P. E., Liu, E. J., Edmonds, M., Ilyinskaya, E., Whitty, R. C. W., Mather, T. A., Elias, T., Nadeau, P. A., Wilkes, T. C., McGonigle, A. J. S., Pering, T. D., Mims, F. M., Kern, C., Schneider, D. J., Oppenheimer, C., (2021), Volatile metal emissions from volcanic degassing and lava–seawater interactions at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai’i., Communications Earth and Environment, 2, 79, 10.1038/s43247-021-00145-3
• Whitty, R. C. W., Ilyinskaya, E., Mason, E., Weiser, P. E., Liu, E. J., Schmidt, A., Roberts, T., Pfeffer, M., Brooks, B., Mather, T. A., Edmonds, M., Elias, T., Schneider, D. J., Oppenheimer, C., Dybwad, A., Nadeau, P. A., Kern, C., (2020), Spatial and temporal variations in SO2 and PM2.5 levels around Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai’i during 2007–2018, Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 36, 10.3389/feart.2020.00036
• Schiavo, B., Morton-Bermea, O., Salgado-Martinez, E., Hernández-Álvarez, E., (2020), Evaluation of possible impact on human health of atmospheric mercury emanations from the Popocatepetl volcano, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 42, 3717–3729, 10.1007/s10653-020-00610-6(0123456789().,-volV)( 01234567
• Viveiros, F., Gaspar, J. L., Ferreira, T., Silva, C., (2016), Hazardous indoor CO2 concentrations in volcanic environments, Environmental Pollution, 214, 776-786, 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.086
• Longo, B. M., Yang, W., Green, J. B., Longo, A. A., Harris, M., Bibilone, R., (2010), An Indoor Air Quality Assessment for Vulnerable Populations Exposed to Volcanic Vog From Kilauea Volcano, Family & Community Health, 33(1), 21-31, 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181c4e26b
• Bhugwant, C., Sieja, B., Bessafi, M., Staudacher, T., Ecormier, J., (2009), Atmospheric sulfur dioxide measurements during the 2005 and 2007 eruptions of the Piton de La Fournaise volcano: Implications for human health and environmental changes, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 184(1- 2), 208-224, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.012
• Michaud, J. P., Krupitsky, D., Grove, J. S., Anderson, B. S., (2005), Volcano related atmospheric toxicants in Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Implications for human health, Neurotoxicology, 26(4), 555-563, 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.12.004
• Mather, T. A., Allen, A. G., Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D. M., McGonigle, A. J. S., (2003), Size resolved particle compositions of the tropospheric plume of Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 46(3), 207-237, 10.1023/A:1026327502060
• Beaubien, S. E., Ciotoli, G., Lombardi, S., (2003), Carbon dioxide and radon gas hazard in the Alban Hills area (central Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 123(1-2), 63-80, 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00028-3
• Wakisaka, I., Tominaga, K., Yanagihashi, T., Tomari, T., Ando, T., (1987), The distribution of atmospheric sulfur dioxide concentrations in the residential areas surrounding Mount Sakurajima, Japan, Medical Journal of Kagoshima University, 39(3), 163-172, Probably in Japanese. No URL found.

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Milford, C., Torres, C., Vilches, J., Gossman, A.-K., Weis, F., Suárez-Molina, D., García, O. E., Prats, N., Barreto, A., García, R. D., Bustos, J. J., Marrero, C. L., Ramos, R., Chinea, N., Boulesteix, T., Taquet, N., Rodríguez, S., López-Darias, J., Sicard, M., Córdoba-Jabonero, C., Cuevas, E., (2023), Impact of the 2021 La Palma volcanic eruption on air quality: Insights from a multidisciplinary approach, Science of the Total Environment, 869, 161652, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161652
• Crawford, B., Hagan, D. H., Grossman, I., Cole, E., Holland, L., Heald, C. L., Kroll, J. H., (2021), Mapping pollution exposure and chemistry during an extreme air quality event (the 2018 Kilauea eruption) using a low-cost sensor network, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(27), 10.1073/pnas.2025540118
• Butwin, M. K., von Löwis, S., Pfeffer, M., Thorsteinsson, T., (2019), The effects of volcanic eruptions on the frequency of particulate matter suspension events in Iceland, Journal of Aerosol Science, 128, 99-113, 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2018.12.004
• Carapezza, M. L., Barberi, F., Tarchini, L., Ranaldi, M., Ricci, T., Barrancos, J., Fischer, C., Lucchetti, C., Melian, G., Perez, N., Tuccimei, P., Vogel, A., Weber, K., (2012), Hazardous gas emissions from the flanks of the quiescent Colli Albani volcano (Rome, Italy), Applied Geochemistry, 27(9), 1767-1782, 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.012
• Collette, A., Favez, O., Meleux, F., Chiappini, L., Haeffelin, M., Morille, Y., Malherbe, L., Papin, A., Bessagnet, B., Menut, L., Leoz, E., Rouïlle, L., (2010), Assessing in near real time the impact of the April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull ash plume on air quality, Atmospheric Environment, 45(5), 1217-1221, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.064
• Longo, B. M., Grunder, A., Chuan, R., Rossignol, A., (2005), SO2 and fine aerosol dispersion from the Kilauea plume, Kau district, Hawaii, USA, Geology, 33(3), 217-220, 10.1130/G21167.1
• Fellows, K., Bates, M. N., (1998), Mercury concentrations in ambient air of the Rotorua, New Zealand, geothermal area, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 60, 885-891, 10.1007/s001289900710

Reviews/ Overviews

• Stewart, C., Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Elias, T., Ilyinskaya, E., Tomašek, I., Longo, B. M., Schmidt, A., Carlsen, H. K., Mason, E., Baxter, P. J., Cronin, S. J., Witham, C. S., (2022), Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions, Bulletin of Volcanology, 84, 11, 10.1007/s00445-021-01513-9
• Ernst, W. G., (2012), Overview of naturally occurring Earth materials and human health concerns, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 59, 108-126, 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.030
• Grattan, J., (1998), The distal impact of Icelandic volcanic gases and aerosols in Europe: a review of the 1783 Laki Fissure eruption and environmental vulnerability in the late 20th century, Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications,, 15, 97-103, 10.1144/GSL.ENG.1998.015.01.10

Modelling, Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Paez, P. A., Cogliati, M. G., Caselli, A. T., Monasterio, A. M., (2021), An analysis of volcanic SO2 and ash emissions from Copahue volcano, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 110, 103365, 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103365
• Twigg, M. M., Ilyinskaya, E., Beccaceci, S., Green, D. C., Jones, M. R., Langford, B., Leeson, S. R., Lingard, J. J. N., Pereira, G. M., Carter, H., Poskitt, J., Richter, A., Ritchie, S., Simmons, I., Smith, R. I., Tang, S. Y., Van Dijk, N., Vincent, K., Nemitz, E., Vieno, M., Braban, C. F., (2016), Impacts of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption on the UK atmosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 11415–11431, 10.5194/acp-16-11415-2016

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance

• Carlsen, H. K., Valdimarsdóttir, U. A., Briem, H. , Dominici, F., Finnbjornsdottir, R. G., Jóhannsson, T., Aspelund, T., Gislason, T., Gudnason, T., (2021), Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption., Nature Communications, 12, 2161, 10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5
• Carlsen, H. K., Aspelund, T., Briem, H. , Gislason, T., Jóhannsson, T., Valdimarsdóttir, U. A., Gudnason, T., (2021), Severe volcanic SO2 exposure and respiratory morbidity in the Icelandic population – a register study, Environmental Health, 20(1), 1-12, 10.1186/s12940-021-00698-y
• Newnham, R. M., Dirks, K. N., Samaranayake, D., (2010), An investigation into long-distance health impacts of the 1996 eruption of Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand, Atmospheric Environment, 44(12), 1568-1578, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.12.040
• Yano, E., Yokoyama, Y., Higashi, H., Nishii, S., Maeda, K., Koizumi, A., (1990), Health effects of volcanic ash - a repeat study, Archives of Environmental Health, 45(6), 367-373, 10.1080/00039896.1990.10118757

Modelling

• Heaviside, C., Witham, C. S., Vardoulakis, S., (2021), Potential health impacts from sulfur dioxide and sulfate exposure in the UK resulting from an Icelandic effusive eruption, Science of the Total Environment, 774, 145549, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145549

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Ilyinskaya, E., Mason, E., Weiser, P. E., Holland, L., Liu, E. J., Mather, T. A., Edmonds, M., Whitty, R. C. W., Elias, T., Nadeau, P. A., Schneider, D. J., McQuaid, J. B., Allen, S. E., Harvey, J., Oppenheimer, C., Kern, C., Damby, D. E., (2021), Rapid metal pollutant deposition from the volcanic plume of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, Communications Earth and Environment, 2, 78, 10.1038/s43247-021-00146-2
• Schäfer, K., Thomas, W., Peters, A., Ries, L., Obleitner, F., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Birmili, W., Diemer, J., Fricke, W., Junkermann, W., Pitz, M., Emeis, S., Forkel, R., Suppan, P., Flentje, H., Wichmann, H. E., Gilge, S., Meinhardt, F., Zimmermann, R., Weinhold, K., Soentgen, J., Münkel, C., Freuer, C., Cyrys, J., (2011), Influences of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic plume on air quality in the northern Alpine region, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 11(3), 9083-9132, 10.5194/acp-11-8555-2011
• Le Guern, F., Bernard, A., Chevrier, R. M., (1980), Soufriere of Guadeloupe 1976–1977 eruption—Mass and energy transfer and volcanic health hazards, Bulletin Volcanologique, 43(3), 577-593, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597694

Modelling, Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Barsotti, S., (2020), Probabilistic hazard maps for operational use: the case of SO2 air pollution during the Holuhraun eruption (Bárðarbunga, Iceland) in 2014–2015, Bulletin of Volcanology, 82, 56, 10.1007/s00445-020-01395-3
• Holland, L., Businger, S., Elias, T., Cherubini, T., (2020), Two ensemble approaches for forecasting sulfur dioxide concentrations from Kīlauea Volcano, Weather and Forecasting, 35(5), 1923-1937, 10.1175/WAF-D-19-0189.1.
• Schmidt, A., Leadbetter, S., Theys, N., Carboni, E., Witham, C. S., Stevenson, J. A., Birch, C. E., Thordarson, T., Turnock, S., Barsotti, S., Delaney, L., Feng, W., Grainger, R. G., Hort, M. C, Höskuldsson, Á., Ialongo, I., Ilyinskaya, E., Jóhannsson, T., Kenny, P., Mather, T. A., Richards, N. A. D., Shepherd, J., (2015), Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014–2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland), Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(18), 9739-9757, 10.1002/2015JD023638
• Capaccioni, B., Cinelli, G., Mostacci, D., Tositti, L., (2012), Long-term risk in a recently active volcanic system: evaluation of doses and indoor radiological risk in the quaternary Vulsini Volcanic District (Central Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 245-248, 26-36, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.07.014
• Schmidt, A., Ostro, B., Carslaw, K. S., Wilson, M., Thordarson, T., Mann, G. W., Simmons, A. J., (2011), Excess mortality in Europe following a future Laki-style Icelandic eruption, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(38), 15710-15715, 10.1073/pnas.1108569108

Modelling, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Bernardo, F., Pinho, P., Matos, P., Viveiros, F., Branquinho, C., Rodrigues, A., Garcia, P., (2019), Spatially modelling the risk areas of chronic exposure to hydrothermal volcanic emissions using lichens, Science of the Total Environment, 697, 133891, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133891

Reviews/ Overviews

• Gudmundsson, G., Finnbjornsdottir, R. G., Jóhannsson, T., Rafnsson, V., (2019), Air pollution in Iceland and the effects on human health. Review, Laeknabladid, 105(10), 443-452, 10.17992/lbl.2019.10.252, Article in Icelandic (English abstract)

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance

• Pope, K., So, Y. T., Crane, J., Bates, M. N., (2017), Ambient geothermal hydrogen sulfide exposure and peripheral neuropathy, Neurotoxicology, 60, 10-15, 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.02.006
• Bates, M. N., Bailey, I. L., DiMartino, R. B., Pope, K., Crane, J., Garrett, N., (2017), Lens opacity and hydrogen sulfide in a New Zealand geothermal area, Optometry and Vision Science:, 94(4), 487-495, 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001049
• Bates, M. N., Crane, J., Balmes, J. R., Garrett, N., (2015), Investigation of hydrogen sulfide exposure and lung function, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a geothermal area of New Zealand, PLOS ONE, 10(3): e0122062, 10.1371/journal.pone.0122062
• Reed, B. R., Crane, J., Garrett, N., Woods, D. L., Bates, M. N., (2014), Chronic ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure and cognitive function, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 42, 68-76, 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.02.002
• Camara, J. G., Lagunzad, J. K. D., (2011), Ocular findings in volcanic fog induced conjunctivitis, Hawaii Medical Journal, 70(12), 262, N/A
• Fano, V., Cernigliaro, A., Scondotto, S., Perucci, C. A., Forastiere, F., (2010), The fear of volcano: short-term health effects after Mount Etna's eruption in 2002, European Respiratory Journal, 36(5), 1216-1218, 10.1183/09031936.00078910
• Shinkura, R., Fujiyama, C., Akiba, S., (1999), Relationship between ambient sulfur dioxide levels and neonatal mortality near the Mt. Sakurajima volcano in Japan, Journal of Epidemiology, 9(5), 344-349, 10.2188/jea.9.344
• Bates, M. N., Garrett, N., Graham, B., Read, D., (1998), Cancer incidence, morbidity and geothermal air pollution in Rotorua, New Zealand , International Journal of Epidemiology, 27(1),10–14, 10.1093/ije/27.1.10
• Bates, M. N., Garrett, N., Graham, B., Read, D., (1997), Air pollution and mortality in the Rotorua geothermal area, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21, 581-586 , 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01759.x
• Mannino, D. M., Ruben, S., Holschuh, F. C., Holschuh, T. C., Wilson, M. D., Holschuh, T., (1996), Emergency department visits and hospitalizations for respiratory disease on the island of Hawaii, 1981 to 1991, Hawaii Medical Journal, 55(3), 48-54, N/A

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance, Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Tam, E., Miike, R., Labrenz, S., Sutton, A. J., Elias, T., Davis, J., Chen, Y-L., Tantisira, K., Dockery, D., Avol E., (2016), Volcanic air pollution over the Island of Hawai'i: Emissions, dispersal, and composition. Association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in Hawai'i Island school children, Environment International, 92–93, 543-552, 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.025
• Bates, M. N., Garrett, N., Crane, J., Balmes, J. R., (2013), Associations of ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure with self-reported asthma and asthma symptoms, Environmental Research, 122, 81-87, 10.1016/j.envres.2013.02.002
• Elliot, A. J., Singh, N., Loveridge, P., Harcourt, S., Smith, S., Pnaiser, R., Kavanagh, K., Robertson, C., Ramsay, C. N., McMenamin, J., Kibble, A., Kibble, A., Ibbotson, S., Catchpole, M., McCloskey, B., Smith, G. E. , (2010), Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010, Eurosurveillance, 15(23), 6-9, 10.2807/ese.15.23.19583-en
• Le Guern, F., Tazieff, H., Pierret, R. F., (1982), An example of health hazard: people killed by gas during a phreatic eruption: Dieng Plateau (Java, Indonesia), February 20th 1979, Bulletin Volcanologique, 45(2), 153-156

Physicochemical or geochemical

• Varrica, D., Tamburo, E., Dongarrà, G., Sposito, F., (2014), Trace elements in scalp hair of children chronically exposed to volcanic activity (Mt. Etna, Italy), Science of the Total Environment, 470-471,117-126, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.058

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Thorsteinsson, T., Jóhannsson, T., Stohl, A., Kristiansen, N. I., (2012), High levels of particulate matter in Iceland due to direct ash emissions by the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and resuspension of deposited ash, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(B1), 10.1029/2011JB008756

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance, Social research

• Durand, M., Grattan, J., (1999), Extensive respiratory health effects of volcanogenic dry fog in 1783 inferred from European documentary sources, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 21(4), 371-376, 10.1023/A:1006700921208

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance, Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing

• Choudhury, A. H., Gordian, M. E., Morris, S. S., (1997), Associations between respiratory illness and PM10 air pollution, Archives of Environmental Health, 52, 113-117, 10.1080/00039899709602873
• Gordian, M. E., Ozkaynak, H., Xue, J. P., Morris, S. S., Spengler, J. D., (1996), Particulate air pollution and respiratory disease in Anchorage, Alaska, Environmental Health Perspectives, 104(3), 290-297, 10.1289/ehp.96104290

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing, Physicochemical or geochemical, Social research

• Horton, R. J. M., McCaldin, R. O. , (1964), Observations on air pollution aspects of Irazu volcano, Costa Rica, Public Health Reports, 79, 925-929, 10.2307/4592281