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Vesuvius, the world's most closely watched volcano
Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded.
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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Volcanic eruption takes toll on Galapagos wildlife
A volcanic eruption over the weekend has taken a toll on the wildlife of the ecologically-fragile Galapagos Islands, causing the deaths of numerous fish and various sea lions, said officials on Thursday.
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to 'See' Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers hit the jackpot in late March, when, for the first time, they began recording data on lightning in a volcanic eruption--right from the start of the eruption.
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines
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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Scientists offer new theory for largest known mass extinction
The largest mass extinction in the history of the earth could have been triggered off by giant salt lakes, whose emissions of halogenated gases changed the atmospheric composition so dramatically that vegetation ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Technology and Art Unite to Create Dance Show Based on Volcanic Sounds of the Earth (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, a modern dance company has performed to music generated from seismic data, recorded from four volcanoes across three continents. This unique event was facilitated by DANTE, the provider ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Alaska braces for ashfall after volcano erupts
(AP) -- Rita Jackson said she was taking a sip of coffee when she tasted something funny on her lips - ash.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Fledgling mantle plume may be cause of African volcano's unique lava
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Atmospheric 'sunshade' could reduce solar power generation
The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much as one-fifth, ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Swarm of Yellowstone earthquakes doesn't pose risk, scientists say
When you have 400 earthquakes on top of one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, people pay attention.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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