http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Have the surface and belly of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon, Titan, recently simmered like a chilly, bubbling cauldron with ice volcanoes, or has this distant moon gone dead? In a newly published analysis, a pair of NASA scientists analyzing data collected by the Cassini spacecraft suggest Titan may be much less geologically active than some scientists think. http://phys.org/news221471442.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:51:03 EST news221471442 Most deep-sea volcanoes produce effusive lava flows rather than explosive eruptions, both because the levels of magmatic gas tend to be low, and because the volcanoes are under a lot of pressure from the surrounding water. But by using an ion microprobe, Christoph Helo, a PhD student in McGill's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has now proved that explosive eruptions can also occur. http://phys.org/news220546342.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:52:41 EST news220546342 Indonesia issued a red alert Friday after Mount Karangetang on the island of Sulawesi erupted, sending lava and searing gas clouds down its slopes, a volcanologist said. http://phys.org/news219676204.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:40:05 EST news219676204 Kilauea volcano's latest eruption has decreased in activity and taken a breather from furiously spewing out lava for five days. http://phys.org/news219001673.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:48:07 EST news219001673 The latest eruption at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has a new working name. http://phys.org/news218862233.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:22:36 EST news218862233 (AP) -- Glowing, red-orange lava is shooting into the sky, creating fiery rivers from the newest vent at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. http://phys.org/news218723996.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:28:52 EST news218723996 Geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well in 2009 in the Krafla volcano in Iceland encountered a problem they were simply unprepared for: magma (molten rock or lava underground) which flowed unexpectedly into the well at 2.1 kilometers (6,900 ft) depth, forcing the researchers to terminate the drilling. http://phys.org/news217081490.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:25:09 EST news217081490 Months of volcanic restlessness preceded the eruptions this spring of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, providing insight into what roused it from centuries of slumber. http://phys.org/news209223584.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:10:01 EST news209223584 (AP) -- Rescuers scoured the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano for survivors Wednesday after it was rocked by an eruption which killed at least 30 people, including an old man who refused to abandon his ceremonial post as caretaker of the mountain's spirits. http://phys.org/news207375384.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:50:05 EST news207375384 A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia - spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. http://phys.org/news207296346.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:19:16 EST news207296346 Indonesia raised its alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level on Monday and ordered people living near the rumbling volcano to move immediately to safer ground. http://phys.org/news207197358.html Space & Earth Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:50:17 EST news207197358 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan Technological University researcher may have solved a long-standing mystery in earth science studies. In Siberia there exist stepped, large-scale basaltic formations known as “traps.” “Nobody really knew how these were formed,” says Aleksey Smirnov, assistant professor of geophysics at Michigan Tech. http://phys.org/news204389949.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:59:26 EST news204389949 A new volcano eruption on Iceland could happen again soon, but will likely wreak less havoc than the one that caused massive airspace shutdowns earlier this year, experts said Thursday. http://phys.org/news203869901.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:31:52 EST news203869901 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Earth's magnetic poles flip around every 200,000 years or so, with north becoming south and vice versa. Normally, the process takes 4-5,000 years and it ought to be impossible for the flip to be much faster, if models of the Earth's core are correct, but now for the second time evidence has been found of a flip that appears to have taken only a few years. http://phys.org/news202971192.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:02 EST news202971192 Scientists studying deep-sea hydrothermal vents have found that larvae travel hundreds of miles to re-colonize these harsh locations after a volcanic eruption. The new study could challenge existing beliefs about how life adapts to extreme environments. http://phys.org/news199988744.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:50:01 EST news199988744 A whole new world came to life for Alice when she followed the White Rabbit down the hole. There was a grinning cat, a Hookah-smoking caterpillar, a Mad Hatter, and much more. It makes you wonder... what's waiting down the rabbit-hole on the Moon? http://phys.org/news198252491.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:08:39 EST news198252491 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Leeds are predicting that within 10 million years Africa’s Horn will fall away and a new ocean will form. http://phys.org/news196967150.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:06:19 EST news196967150 (PhysOrg.com) -- California middle school students using the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter have found lava tubes with one pit that appears to be a skylight to a cave. http://phys.org/news196003436.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:40:01 EST news196003436 A volcano close to the Philippine capital is becoming active and may eventually erupt, scientists said Tuesday as they warned tourists to avoid its famous crater. http://phys.org/news195196835.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:20:56 EST news195196835 (AP) -- Questions and answers about the volcanic ash cloud. http://phys.org/news190919758.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:30:01 EST news190919758 (PhysOrg.com) -- On Saturday, April 17, 2010, the Hyperion instrument onboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this pair of images of the continuing eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano. http://phys.org/news190877197.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:50:01 EST news190877197 (PhysOrg.com) -- "Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of their massive eruptions is unknown. http://phys.org/news190036020.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:20:36 EST news190036020 ESA's Venus Express has returned the clearest indication yet that Venus is still geologically active. Relatively young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. The finding suggests the planet remains capable of volcanic eruptions. http://phys.org/news189959182.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:33:38 EST news189959182 (PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA research team is using the latest advances in satellite artificial intelligence to speed up estimates of the heat and volume of lava escaping from an erupting volcano in Iceland. http://phys.org/news189949653.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:48:15 EST news189949653 A shade more than 200 million years ago, the Earth looked far different than it does today. Most land on the planet was consolidated into one continent called Pangea. There was no Atlantic Ocean, and the rulers of the animal world were crurotarsans - creatures closely related to modern crocodiles. http://phys.org/news188488094.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:02 EST news188488094 (AP) -- Scientists are flying over southern Iceland to evaluate whether it's safe for people to return to their homes after a volcanic eruption. http://phys.org/news188482314.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:40:01 EST news188482314 (AP) -- A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby. http://phys.org/news188401590.html Space & Earth Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:47:03 EST news188401590 (PhysOrg.com) -- Flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, and this probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface of Mars. These results were presented on March 4, 2010 at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by Jacob Bleacher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Whether channels on Mars were formed by water or by lava has been debated for years, and the outcome is thought to influence the likelihood of finding life there. http://phys.org/news186935355.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:01 EST news186935355 Technology designed to detect nuclear explosions and enforce the world's nuclear test-ban treaty now will be pioneered to monitor active volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands near Guam. The island of Guam soon will be the primary base for forward deployment of U.S. military forces in the Western Pacific. http://phys.org/news186328832.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:01 EST news186328832 (PhysOrg.com) -- On 2 January, Mount Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, spewing lava from its southern flank and raising concerns that the 100 000 people in the town of Sake could be under threat. http://phys.org/news183383018.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:44:04 EST news183383018