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

New tremors at Alaska volcano spewing ash into sky

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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, ...





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Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption (AP)

Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption

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created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The Mount Redoubt volcano had another large eruption Saturday after being relatively quiet for nearly a week.


Kilauea volcano shoots plume of ash

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created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists in Hawaii say they are keeping a close watch on a plume of ash from Kilauea Volcano's Halemaumau Crater.


Scientists lower Alaska volcano threat level

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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.


Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

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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 ...


Ash falls on Anchorage as volcano keeps spewing

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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


First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica

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created Jan 20, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (44) | comments 5

The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 years ...


Alaska volcano spews 25,000 feet-high ash plume

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Observatory officials say Alaska's Mount Redoubt has spewed steam and ash up to 25,000 feet high.


New eruptions at Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano (AP)

New eruptions at Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt is continuing its volcanic explosions, the latest sending an ash cloud 32,000 feet above sea level.


Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes

Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and a stunning photograph of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists at the University of Illinois better understand strong volcanic ...


Plume of Volcán Reventador

Rare volcanic plumes create uncommonly dangerous ash flows

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created Mar 14, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Three unique photographs of a recent volcanic eruption in a remote part of Ecuador show a plume unlike any previously documented, and hint at a newly recognized hazard, say scientists at the University of Illinois ...



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