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The [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s '''Global Volcanism Program''' (GVP) is housed in the Department of Mineral Sciences, part of the National Museum of Natural History, on the National Mall in Washington D.C. They are devoted to a better understanding of Earth's active volcanoes and their eruptions during the last 10,000 years. GVP activities can be divided into two main efforts that are closely linked: reporting of current eruptions around the world, and building databases and archival resources for Earth's active volcanoes and their eruptions. In doing so they provide a global context for our planet's active volcanism.
The GVP is unique in its documentation of current and past activity for all volcanoes on the planet active during the last 10,000 years. Smithsonian reporting on current volcanic activity dates back to 1968. During the early stages of an eruption anywhere in the world they act as a clearinghouse of reports, data, and imagery. This involves interaction with a worldwide network of contributors. GVP staff helps to manage this early flow of information, making sure the right questions are asked and the right people contacted in a timely manner. They also work to sort through the many poorly known or contradictory aspects of an eruption's early days.
Complementing the effort toward reporting of current eruptive activity are a databases and archive that document the last 10,000 years of Earth's volcanism. These invaluable resources have allowed the GVP to provide perspective on newly restless volcanoes, for which past activity can serve as a guide to future events. GVP's volcano and eruption databases constitute a foundation for all statistical statements concerning locations, frequencies, and magnitudes of Earth's volcanic eruptions during the last 10,000 years. These databases and interpretations based on them were published in two editions of Volcanoes of the World (Simkin et al., 1981; and Simkin and Siebert, 1994). An updated version of the Smithsonian's global volcano data and associated imagery of the world's volcanoes and their eruptions is available on the GVP website (Siebert and Simkin, 2002-).
==External links==
*[http://www.volcano.si.edu/ Global Volcanism Program]
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