News tagged with mount
Snows Of Kilimanjaro shrinking rapidly, and likely to be lost
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (7) |
3
The remaining ice fields atop famed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could be gone within two decades and perhaps even sooner, based on the latest survey of the ice fields remaining on the mountain .
Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (14) |
0
Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday.
'Benchmark glaciers' shrinking at faster rate, study finds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (10) |
18
Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking ...
Lebanon cave takes on Amazon for spot in new seven wonders
Jul 21, 2009 |
2.8 / 5 (4) |
1
Lebanon's Jeita Grotto on Tuesday was selected as one of 28 finalists for the seven natural wonders of the world, facing the Amazon, Mount Vesuvius and others for a spot on the prestigious list.
Scientists lower Alaska volcano threat level
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- Alaskans can put away their dust masks and spare air filters, for now, because Mount Redoubt seems to have cooled off since its last major eruption nearly three months ago.
Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage, Alaska
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
1
(AP) -- A strong earthquake jolted a swath of southern Alaska on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing little damage.
Computer scientist to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (16) |
1
On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Italy's Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying the Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under tons of super-heated ash, rock and debris in one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history.
Vesuvius, the world's most closely watched volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded.
NASA Heads up Mt. Everest
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
Steve "Ark" Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps - for the eighth time. He'll repeat this ritual thrice more, ...
Mt. Redoubt Gives Alaskans a Taste of the Moon
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
"It's very fine but angular - the sharp edges make it feel gritty and abrasive."
Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 05, 2009 |
5 / 5 (5) |
3
(AP) -- The Mount Redoubt volcano had another large eruption Saturday after being relatively quiet for nearly a week.
Alaska volcano quiets down after making ashy mess
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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 eruptions at Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2009 |
4 / 5 (4) |
1
(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt is continuing its volcanic explosions, the latest sending an ash cloud 32,000 feet above sea level.
Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up (Update)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2009 |
4 / 5 (4) |
5
(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted several times Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night.
