News tagged with volcanic activities
Earthquake waves: How do they spread?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Propagation of earthquake waves within the Earth is not uniform. Experiments indicate that the velocity of shear waves (s-waves) in Earth’s lower mantle between 660 and 2900 km depth is strongly dependent on the orientation ...
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Higher incidence of thyroid cancer in volcanic area of Sicily
Nov 05, 2009 |
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People living in volcanic areas may be at a higher risk for thyroid cancer, according to a new study published online November 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Volcanic eruptions may split Africa: scientists
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two owing to a recent geological crack in northeastern Ethiopia, researchers said on Tuesday.
Hawaiian Vog: Where There's Smoke--There is Something Brewing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The Kilauea Volcano located on the Big Island of Hawaii is currently registering an Orange Alert which means the volcano is exhibiting a heightened or elevated risk of eruption or is erupting with minor or ...
Rapid analysis could cut health risks of volcanic ash
Oct 10, 2007 |
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A new, rapid and cheap way of estimating the potential risk posed to human health by volcanic ash has been devised by a Durham University expert.
Fingerprinting slow earthquakes (w/Podcast)
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru ...
Stronger evidence for human origin of global warming
Jul 30, 2007 |
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A recent statistical analysis strengthens evidence that human activities are causing world temperatures to rise. Most climate change scientists model Earth systems from the ground up, attempting to account for all climate ...
Scientists obtain rocks moving into seismogenic zone
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Oct 09, 2009 |
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An international group of scientists aboard the Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), ...
Colombia volcano rumbles back to life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of chemists from the U.S. and France has found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented large volcanic eruption that occurred exactly 200 years ago, in 1809.
Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo.
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