News tagged with erupting volcano

Global warming tactic cools climate but won’t help corals, say researchers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 03, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (8) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Geoengineering” experiments proposed to reduce global warming by blocking sunlight with atmosphere-injected particles may cool the world but still leave carbon dioxide levels dangerously high, Stanford scientists ...

Marine scientists find massive volcanic cone, new deep-sea animal species

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May 05, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 3

Scientists who have just returned from an expedition to an erupting undersea volcano near the Island of Guam report that the volcano appears to be continuously active, has grown considerably in size during ...

Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano

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Mar 19, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...

Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife

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Apr 12, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (27) | 8

(AP) -- Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.

450 quakes recorded on Russian peninsula

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Oct 26, 2006 | 2.2 / 5 (5) | 0

An erupting volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula set off as many as 450 earthquakes in the local area on a single day.

Ash falls on Anchorage as volcano keeps spewing

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Mar 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt continued to erupt Saturday, sending plumes of ash tens of thousands of feet into the air that rained down on at least one Alaska town

Chilean volcano captured blasting ash

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May 08, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (13) | 0

Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008.

Alaska volcano spews 25,000 feet-high ash plume

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Apr 01, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 1

(AP) -- Observatory officials say Alaska's Mount Redoubt has spewed steam and ash up to 25,000 feet high.

Scientists eye glowing volcano crater in Hawaii

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Jun 07, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 2

(AP) -- The summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is glowing brightly as molten lava swirls 300 feet below its crater's floor, bubbling near the surface after years of spewing from the volcano's side.

Alaska volcano quiets down after making ashy mess

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Mar 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has simmered down after spreading a coating of gritty volcanic ash over scores of communities that include the state's largest city of Anchorage.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt spews ash 50,000 feet high

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Mar 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted again, spewing an ash cloud 50,000 feet up into the air.

New fin seen in Mount St. Helens crater

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May 03, 2006 | 3.7 / 5 (6) | 0

A large fin has developed in the mile-wide Mount St. Helens crater, the result of lava upsurges, the Cascades Volcano Observatory reported.

Colombia volcano rumbles back to life

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Nov 01, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 0

Officials in southern Colombia have issued a code orange alert for the newly-active Galeras volcano which they said could erupt in a matter of days or weeks, according to the state-run Geological and Mining ...

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