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Explosive Eruption Of Okmok Volcano In Alaska
Okmok Volcano in Alaska
continues to produce
explosions and ash plumes
through a newly created vent
and poses hazards to air
travel in the area.
... > full story
Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects Of Eruptions
For the first time,
researchers have taken a
detailed look at what lies
beneath all of Iceland's
volcanoes -- and found a
... > full story
Mount St. Helens Officially Slumbers -- Alert Level Goes Back To Normal
Scientists say the nearly
three and a half years of
eruption at Mount St. Helens
is over for now and have
lowered the volcano alert
... > full story
Volcano 'Pollution' Solves Mercury Mystery
Scientists have discovered
how volatile metals from
volcanoes end up in polar
ice cores. Researchers had
suspected that mercury boils
out of hot magma, the big
surprise was just how much
... > full story
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Studying Volcanoes With Balloons
August 16, 2008 — People do all kinds of crazy things in Hawaii, but flying balloons over a volcano usually isn’t one of them. Unless you’re Adam Durant, that ... > full story -
Monitoring Against Another Pompeii
August 8, 2008 — A WiMAX-based connection to the Internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes. For effective monitoring of volcanic activity, scientists want to know what is ... > full story -
Geologists Discover Magma And Carbon Dioxide Combine To Make ‘Soda-Pop’ Eruption
July 10, 2008 — Through an autopsy of an ancient Scandinavian mountain chain, a team geologists found that carbon dioxide can create explosive eruptions when magma encounters calcium carbonate-based rocks. This ... > full story -
Fire Under Arctic Ice: Volcanoes Have Been Blowing Their Tops In The Deep Ocean
June 26, 2008 — Researchers have uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered surface of the Arctic Ocean. Such violent eruptions of splintered, fragmented rock -- known as ... > full story -
Drilling, Not Earthquake, Caused Java Mud Volcano, Report Confirms
June 10, 2008 — A two-year-old mud volcano which is still spewing huge volumes of mud, has displaced more than 30,000 people and caused millions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the drilling of a gas ... > full story -
World's Fastest-growing Mud Volcano Is Collapsing, Says New Research
June 2, 2008 — The world's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing and could subside to depths of more than 140 meters with consequences for the surrounding environment, according to new research. As the second ... > full story -
Big Bangs: 'Stirring' Secrets Of Deadly Supervolcanoes Uncovered
May 30, 2008 — Researchers have simulated in the lab the process that can turn ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called "supervolcanoes." Supervolcanoes are orders of magnitude greater than any volcanic eruption ... > full story -
Chilean Volcano Captured Blasting Ash
May 8, 2008 — Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of kilometers over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in a new Envisat image acquired on May 5, ... > full story -
Chile's Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region
May 7, 2008 — The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which ... > full story -
Volcanic Eruption Of 1600 Caused Global Disruption
April 25, 2008 — The 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society, according to geologists. The eruption is known to have put a large amount of sulfur into the atmosphere, and tree ring ... > full story
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