News tagged with minor eruptions

Swarm of Yellowstone earthquakes doesn't pose risk, scientists say

When you have 400 earthquakes on top of one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, people pay attention.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Classifying solar eruptions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Solar storm expected to fire up northern lights

Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Are all alien encounters bad?

The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Reservoirs of ancient lava shaped Earth

Geological history has periodically featured giant lava eruptions that coat large swaths of land or ocean floor with basaltic lava, which hardens into rock formations called flood basalt. New research from Matthew Jackson ...

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created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Science materials in Texas get prelim. approval

(AP) -- An expected fight over teaching evolution in Texas classrooms fizzled Thursday when the state's Board of Education gave preliminary approval to supplemental science materials for the coming school ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NOAA study suggests aerosols might be inhibiting global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that tiny particles that make their way all the way up into the stratosphere may be offsetting a global ...

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created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

Iceland's Hekla volcano shows signs of activity

(AP) -- Scientists are monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal an eruption at the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland.

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created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heavy metal meets hard rock: Battling through the ocean crust's hardest rocks

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 335 Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4 recently completed operations in Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 1256D, a deep scientific borehole that extends more ...

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications (Update)

An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory (video) on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. ...

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2


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