News tagged with volcanic gas

Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 06, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.

Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 12, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (27) | 8

(AP) -- Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (29) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere - and probably its oceans - did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University ...

Coal-mining hazard resembles explosive volcanic eruption, study shows

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 01, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been investigating coal outbursts for more ...

Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time

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Oct 10, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations ...

Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 08, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an unexpected connection with jet engines. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego speeded up the recorded sounds from two ...

Colombia volcano rumbles back to life

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 01, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 0

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 ...

First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 20, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (44) | 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 ...

Meteorites 'behind volcanic eruptions' say scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 10, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (20) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gases that cause volcanoes to erupt may have spewed from meteorites that smashed into the earth billions of years ago, according to research presented at The BA Festival of Science in Liverpool today.

Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (27) | 9

(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.

Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 19, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...

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