2020, it certainly hasn’t been a year like many other. How did it fare when it comes to volcanic eruptions? As the news was dominated by many other topics, you could be forgiven for not knowing of any erupting volcanoes over the past year. So, here’s a summary for you.

There have been 67 volcanic eruptions recorded from 63 individual volcanoes over the past year. Of these, 22 eruptions started up in 2020.

So, 45 eruptions had already started before 2020. Some eruptions can last for decades...