Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island of Bali to the highest level, and some 10,000 villagers have left their homes around the mountain, officials said Friday.
Environment
Sep 22, 2017
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A secret world of animals and plants—including unknown species—may live in warm caves under Antarctica's glaciers, scientists said Friday.
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2017
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An Edinburgh student has helped identify what may be the largest volcanic region on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2017
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New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows that 'shadow networks' linking volunteers with authorities can help keep some of the millions of people living near dangerous volcanoes safer.
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2017
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With Italy suffering high temperatures and drought, wildfires have broken out including blazes that are ravaging the slopes of Mount Vesuvius near Naples. Using images taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite on 12 July ...
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2017
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A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2017
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For two weeks last fall, Ingrid Ukstins lived life on the wild and dangerous side. The University of Iowa volcanologist spent her days collecting samples from a volcano on Tanna, an island in the remote South Pacific archipelago ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2017
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An eruption of Mount Etna recently caught out some BBC journalists who were filming there. The footage was extraordinary and highlighted the hazards volcanoes pose to humans and society.
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2017
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Sicily's Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people were reported injured.
Environment
Mar 16, 2017
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An Alaska volcano that has erupted periodically since mid-December sent up its biggest cloud to date late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, prompting warnings to airliners and a major U.S. fishing port in the Aleutian ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2017
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