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The Global Volcanism Program (GVP) is a Smithsonian Institution research program that documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history, with emphasis on the past 10,000 years. It tracks current eruptions worldwide, maintains a database of active volcanoes and their histories, and publishes the Weekly Volcanic Activity Report in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
The Global Volcanism Program is housed in the Department of Mineral Sciences, part of the National Museum of Natural History, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian reporting on current volcanic activity dates to 1968, beginning with the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena. The Global Volcanism Program developed from that earlier effort.
The GVP database includes all known volcanoes that have erupted within the past 10,000 years, covering the Holocene Epoch, situated within the broader Quaternary Period of Earth's geologic history.
The Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network is a monthly publication that carries detailed reports on individual volcanoes. It complements the Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, which provides preliminary notices subject to revision.
Three print editions of Volcanoes of the World were published in 1981, 1994, and 2010. A fourth and fifth edition have been made available and regularly updated on the Global Volcanism Program's website.