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The Puyehue Corón-Caulle Volcano – which is located in the Puyehue National Park, on the Chilean Andes Mountains – continues to erupt even after 4 months of activity. Recent satellite images even show new lava being produced, and sent rolling on mountain slopes.
The NASA Earth Observing-1 (EO-1... |
12 October 2011
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Shortly after the Eyjafjallajökull volcano began erupting in Iceland last year, authorities in Europe and in other areas of the globe decided to shut down major airports, causing millions of euros in economic damages to numerous countries. An analysis of the ash released shows this was the right thing to do. Sci... |
27 April 2011
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Planetary scientists believe they may have discovered a way of keeping track of volcanic ash even at night, when the clouds are notoriously difficult to observe. They say that keeping an eye on the lightnings accompanying the clouds provides sufficient data to determine the height and path of clouds.This conclusion w... |
13 December 2010
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The key to being able to predict when a volcano will next erupt is understanding the inner workings of that specific mountain. While general analysis can be applied to all volcanoes of a certain type, truly precise predictions can only be achieved if experts analyze each mountain individually. When it comes to Italy&... |
26 July 2010
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Ever since Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano showed the first signs that it might erupt again, geologists have installed cameras in areas around it, in hopes of catching the phenomena associated with its eruption in more detail. One of the cameras has caught a spectacular image, of a lighting zipping through the gi... |
9 April 2009
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Yesterday morning, Alaska's Redoubt volcano erupted twice in the early hours, sending plumes of ash tens of thousands of feet up in the air. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued an ash warning for the region, saying that large amounts of razor-sharp ash had been released from the crater. Reaching some 65,... |
27 March 2009
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Scientists are currently puzzled by a new find, which shows that ash and gas plumes, fresh of a volcano, behave in very much the same way as tornadoes do, during the peak of their season. In addition to spawning dust devils, large concentrations of ash and other gases can also create lightnings in the clouds above, a... |
26 March 2009
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Mount Redoubt, just 100 miles off Alaska's capital Anchorage, has erupted for the first time in 20 years, totaling a number of 6 blasts, spread out between Sunday evening and Monday evening. The dangerous eruptions have sent ash about 9 miles sky-high, and the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an ash ale... |
25 March 2009
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After numerous warnings, in the form of tremors and increased pressure in its magma chamber, Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupted four times last night, sending plumes of ash and gases more than 9 miles high into the atmosphere. The events took place between 10:38 pm on Sunday evening and 1:39 am on Monday morning, local ... |
23 March 2009
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Off the coast of the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, a cluster of more than 36 volcanoes has formed right below the surface of the sea. On Monday, one of them began to erupt with such a force that it sent ashes and gas thousands of feet into the atmosphere, prompting the immediate dispatch of a science team on locati... |
19 March 2009
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Earlier today, Mount Asama, which watches over the Japanese capital of Tokyo, erupted, projecting a smoke column more than a mile high, and raining ash and other debris over parts of the city. The earliest reports coming from Japan say that there have been no immediate casualties or material damage reported. However,... |
2 February 2009
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While for most people volcanic eruptions are synonymous to destruction and devastation, for the environment they are nothing but good news. That is to say, the ash that is spilled into the atmosphere may pollute it with carbon dioxide, but it also contains particles that can reflect sunlight very effectively, thus lo... |
6 January 2009
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Japan has about 200 volcanoes, of which 70 are active. The most famous Japanese volcano is Fujiyama. But this one erupted last time in 1707. Others are not that peaceful. Usu, from the island of Hokkaido, has a bizarre behavior and look. At each eruption, the underground magma rises, forming amazing mounds, from a fe... |
16 April 2008
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The Krakatoa eruption may have been just a child play compared to the volcanic megablast that spread havoc in the human civilization around 536 AD. Its volcanic cloud could have triggered a global chill that caused famine in half of the world's population. An international research published in the journal "Geo... |
24 March 2008
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Previously, Roman thrones were known only from paintings or as made of marble. But now researchers have discovered the first ever surviving Roman throne in the lava and ash that buried the city of Herculaneum, during the 79 AD eruption of the volcano Vesuvius (which destroyed also Pompeii and Stabiae), 82 ft (27 m) u... |
6 December 2007
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Krakatoa volcano, located on an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, produced on August 26-27, 1883 the most massive volcanic explosions ever recorded, which generated the loudest sound historically reported: it was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in Australia (1930 mi (3100 km)) an... |
13 November 2007
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The 6 billion humans inhabiting the Earth are here by sheer casualty. 74,000 years ago, the human species was at the brink of extinction, with a mere census of 2,000 individuals who finally managed to overcome the crisis and transmit their genetic pool to the modern man. The crisis coincided with the first migrations... |
27 September 2007
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The northern tip of the Pacific Ring of Fire is boiling. Klyuchevskoy, a stratovolcano located in the north central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the highest mountain of this peninsula (4,649 m or 15,470 ft tall) is spitting ash up to 32,000 ft (10,700 m) in the air and has diverted air traffic in routes toward... |
6 July 2007
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This eruption was almost as disastrous as the meteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. 74,000 years ago, the Sumatran Toba (western Indonesia) volcano threw the world in a volcanic winter followed by a severe ice age after expelling 720 cubic miles (3,000 cubic kilometers) of magma and huge amounts of sulfuric ... |
6 July 2007
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