News tagged with bulletin of volcanology

Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...

Scientists say magma building up in Mayon volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 26, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 0

(AP) -- Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by a bigger eruption, scientists ...

Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...

Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...

Philippine volcano gets louder, could erupt soon

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

(AP) -- Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt.

Major volcanic eruption feared in Philippines

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

(AP) -- The Philippines' most active volcano could have a huge eruption within days, officials warned Sunday after detecting a drastic surge in earthquakes and eerie rumbling sounds in surrounding foothills. ...

Exposure to young triggers new neuron creation in females exhibiting maternal behavior

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Maternal behavior itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the maternal brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed, according to a study released by researchers at Tufts University's Cummings ...

Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful ...

Yellowstone's plumbing exposed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (49) | 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...

Personalities judged by physical appearance alone

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 10, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 1

Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a study in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSBP), the official monthl ...

Hourly employees happier than salaried

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

People paid by the hour exhibit a stronger relationship between income and happiness, according to a study published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official journal of the So ...

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