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Indonesia's devastating 'mud volcano' could keep spewing for the next 30 years

Indonesia mud volcano may last 30 years: expert

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Indonesia's devastating 'mud volcano' could keep spewing for the next 30 years, filling the equivalent of 50 Olympic-size swimming pools every day, a top Australian expert warned.


Brine-Loving Microbes Reveal Secrets to Success in Chemically Extreme Environments

Brine-Loving Microbes Reveal Secrets to Success in Chemically Extreme Environments

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may resemble those in extraterrestrial ...


Mud pots signal possible extension of San Andreas Fault

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A linear string of mud pots and mud volcanoes suggest surface evidence for a southern extension of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the Salton Sea, according to a paper published in the August issue of the Bulletin of ...





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Predicting the big one

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Predicting when a volcano will erupt is the aim of advanced research currently being undertaken by Victoria University's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.


Mud volcano in Java may continue to erupt for months and possibly years

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 24, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of mud a day for months, ...


Erupting mud volcano

Erupting mud volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 02, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (25) | comments 0

University of Aberdeen research supports the suggestion that the eruption of the Indonesian mud volcano Lusi, which has been erupting for more than 200 days, was caused by drilling for hydrocarbons.


USGS to help Chile develop volcano early warning system

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the Chilean government to develop a volcano early warning and emergency response system for the country after the historic eruption of Chaitén Volcano on May 2.


Rhinos at Ujung Kulon National Park in West Java province

New footage shows rare rhinos in Indonesia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New infra-red footage released Thursday captures hitherto unseen images of elusive Javan rhinos, the most endangered mammal in the world with less than 60 individuals believed to remain alive.


Researchers model the physics of mudflows

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created Feb 25, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mudflows initiated by natural processes at old, inactive volcanoes contributed to the tragic mudslide in Guinsaugon, Philippines, say researchers.


Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel

Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as ...


Innovative technology provides insight into what’s below the Earth’s surface

Innovative technology provides insight into what’s below the Earth’s surface

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 0

From oil fields and meteorite impact craters, to potential tsunami triggering submarine landslides, innovative new technology which provides images from below the Earth’s surface has been unveiled.


Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards

Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 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 ...


MIT solves longstanding volcanic mystery

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

For decades, geologists have been puzzled by the mechanisms that give rise to the kind of volcanoes that form the so-called “ring of fire” around the Pacific Ocean. These arc volcanoes, which account for about 10 to 25 percent ...



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