News tagged with billowing smoke
3,500 evacuate as volcano erupts in southern Chile
(AP) -- One of the volcanos in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted violently Saturday, billowing smoke and ash high into the sky and prompting more than 3,500 people living nearby to evacuate.
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Jun 05, 2011 |
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Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
A popular television commercial from the 1970s shows a Native American man in buckskin and feathers paddling his canoe through ink-black waters, past refineries billowing smoke. He comes aground on a litter-strewn shoreline ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Orange smoke billows out of Congolese volcano
Clouds of orange smoke and ash billowed out of Africa's most active volcano Nyamulagira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday after it erupted spectacularly at the weekend.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2011 |
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'Uncharted' videogame packs action movie punch
The line between videogames and action films blurred further on Tuesday with Sony's release of an eye-popping, pulse-revving "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" title for PlayStation 3 consoles.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Tailgate party to remember for last shuttle launch
(AP) -- It was a tailgate party for the ages. They came packing tents and camp chairs, coolers and snacks, Sodoku books and laptops, parking cars and RVs in almost every available space along U.S. 1 to witness ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Hurricane damage to forests: Scientists study impacts on carbon cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of carbon emissions that exacerbate global climate change most of us probably think of the exhaust from automobiles and other vehicles, or smoke billowing from rows of stacks ...
May 04, 2011 |
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Japan reels as second blast rocks nuclear plant
A new explosion at a stricken nuclear power plant hit Japan Monday as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2011 |
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ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire
Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's aftermath to get an overview ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers
Hydrocarbons – molecules critical to life – are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Strange Space Weather over Africa
Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2007 |
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New Image of Raging California Wildfires
NASA satellites continue to capture remarkable new images of the wildfires raging in Southern California. At least 14 massive fires are reported to have scorched about 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles ...
Oct 23, 2007 |
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Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
Highlighting the extreme weather conditions hitting Europe, space sensors aboard ESA’s Envisat satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging through southern ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2007 |
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