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Scientists lower Alaska volcano threat level

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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.


Ash falls on Anchorage as volcano keeps spewing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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


2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano (AP)

2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted at least twice Wednesday as officials from a pipeline company assessed conditions at a nearby oil storage facility to determine whether to remove its contents.


New tremors at Alaska volcano spewing ash into sky (AP)

New tremors at Alaska volcano spewing ash into sky

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- New tremors at Alaska's Mount Redoubt are prompting speculation that the volcano could be in a phase that will lead to more instability. The 10,200-foot volcano erupted six times Sunday and Monday, ...


Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times (AP)

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.


Lava lake at Nyiragongo

Fledgling mantle plume may be cause of African volcano's unique lava

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nyiragongo, an active African volcano, possesses lava unlike any other in the world, which may point toward its source being a new mantle plume says a University of Rochester geochemist. The ...


Scientists Control Plasma Bullets

Scientists Control Plasma Bullets

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- On the nanoscale, things aren’t always what they seem. What first looked like a continuous plasma jet has turned out to be a train of tiny, high-velocity plasma bullets. Using a camera with ...


Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (40) | comments 3

The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ...


Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon.




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