News tagged with mount redoubt volcano

Scientists Study 'Glaciovolcanoes,' Mountains of Fire and Ice, in Iceland, British Columbia, U.S.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glaciovolcanoes, they're called, these rumbling mountains where the orange-red fire of magma meets the frozen blue of glaciers.

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A New Kind Of Lightning Discovered

When volcano seismologist Stephen McNutt at the University of Alaska Fairbanks's Geophysical Institute saw strange spikes in the seismic data from the Mount Spurr eruption in 1992, he had no idea that his ...

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Scientists lower Alaska volcano threat level

(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.

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Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption

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

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

Alaska volcano quiets down after making ashy mess

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has simmered down after spreading a coating of gritty volcanic ash over scores of communities that include the state's largest city of Anchorage.

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created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alaska's Mount Redoubt spews ash 50,000 feet high

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted again, spewing an ash cloud 50,000 feet up into the air.

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New eruptions at Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano

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

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up (Update)

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted several times Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night.

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

New tremors at Alaska volcano spewing ash into sky

(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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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.

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