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Gamblers Take Odds on the Next Violent Volcanic Eruption
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Global Warming Triggers Volcanic Eruptions, Scientists Say
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Aerial Panoramas Capture Four Kamchatkan Volcanoes Erupting Simultaneously
Leaping Lava Plosky Tolbachik, a Russian volcano that began erupting in November after four dormant decades, is part of one of the most active volcanic regions in the Ring of Fire. AirPanoPut some fire...
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Gamblers Take Odds on the Next Violent Volcanic Eruption
Mount Ranier It looks serene, but 11-to-1 says not for long. Seismologists and geologists would love to know which volcano is going to erupt next. Now, so do bookies, odds-fixers and those with a...
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Silicon Carbide Sensors, Resistant to 1,600-Degree Heat, Could Monitor...
Mount St. Helens A little more warning would be nice next time. Geologists would love to get a closer look at what's going on underneath active volcanoes, but the very thing that makes them so...
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Global Warming Triggers Volcanic Eruptions, Scientists Say
Redoubt Volcano, Alaska R.J. Clucas/USGSHere's an idea you've probably heard before: volcanic eruptions--the big, explosive Pinatubo kind--spew millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the...
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Aerial Panoramas Capture Four Kamchatkan Volcanoes Erupting Simultaneously
Leaping Lava Plosky Tolbachik, a Russian volcano that began erupting in November after four dormant decades, is part of one of the most active volcanic regions in the Ring of Fire. AirPano It's not...
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Painted Sunsets Hold Record of Volcanic Eruptions, Pollution
Every PIcture Tells A Story By analyzing the mix of colors master artists since 1500 chose for painted landscapes, researchers can accurately reconstruct a record of the particulates in past...
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Seismologists and geologists would love to know which volcano is going to erupt next. Now, so do bookies, odds-fixers and those with a taste for games of chance. Paddy Power,…
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Geologists would love to get a closer look at what's going on underneath active volcanoes, but the very thing that makes them so interesting -- their ability to unleash…
View ArticleGlobal Warming Triggers Volcanic Eruptions, Scientists Say
Here's an idea you've probably heard before: volcanic eruptions--the big, explosive Pinatubo kind--spew millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, and the…
View ArticleAerial Panoramas Capture Four Kamchatkan Volcanoes Erupting Simultaneously
It's not rare for volcanoes to erupt on Kamchatka, the far-eastern Russian peninsula that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The density of active volcanoes there is so…
View ArticlePainted Sunsets Hold Record of Volcanic Eruptions, Pollution
Environmental data is turning up in unexpected places. In the April issue of Popular Science, Katie Peek reports on one such source: the journals of Henry David Thoreau. The 19th-century naturalist...
View ArticleHow Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Can Help Forecast Future Eruptions
Since August, Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcano has been spewing thousands of cubic feet of magma per second, from a fissure 28 miles (45 kilometers) from the central caldera.
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Ancient Volcano Collapse Caused A Tsunami With An 800-Foot Wave
Environment The risk of megatsunamis may be slightly greater than expected—but they’re still extremely rare Some 73,000 years ago, in the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa, a large piece...
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The Surprising Potential A Natural Antimicrobial Offers To Global Warming
From Our Blogs: Under The Microscope Researchers have found naturally occurring plant chemical may help to keep the Earth's temperatures balanced In the debate over how best to deal with climate...
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Volcanoes Go Quiet Just Before They Erupt
Environment An observation that could help scientists predict the next big boom A team of researchers from multiple universities has found that volcanoes go quiet just before eruption. Furthermore,...
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Watermelon Snow, A DIY Phantom Limb, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week
Science Plus a look inside the capsule that could take us to Mars Our favorite images from this week's science and tech news.
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Global Warming Triggers Volcanic Eruptions, Scientists Say
Science Maybe you've heard that volcanic eruptions can affect climate, but new evidence suggests it happens the other way around, too. Here's an idea you've probably heard before: volcanic...
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