Small explosion detected at Cleveland Volcano
Scientists have detected a small explosion at the Cleveland Volcano on Thursday night.
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May 6, 2016
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News tagged with aleutian islands
How does Earth's continental crust form? Scientists have a new bottom-up theory
Deep beneath Alaska's Aleutian Islands, down where the pressure and temperatures have become so high that rock starts to flow, new continental crust is being born.
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2016
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Researcher studies volcanic gases in remote areas of world
Researchers will often go to the ends of the Earth in search of answers to the mysteries of science. Forming the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, approximately 3,400 miles from Albuquerque and the University of ...
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Feb 12, 2016
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Water plus magma = increased explosivity
When water interacts with magma, it can dramatically increase the explosivity of the eruption. However, water in the eruption cloud can also increase the rate at which the particles aggregate into larger clumps, allowing ...
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Feb 10, 2016
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New geological evidence aids tsunami hazard assessments from Alaska to Hawaii
New data for frequent large tsunamis at a remote island near Dutch Harbor, Alaska provides geological evidence to aid tsunami hazard preparedness efforts around the Pacific Rim. Recent fieldwork in Alaska's Aleutian Islands ...
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Jan 12, 2016
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Magnitude-6.7 quake strikes remote area off Alaska coast
A strong earthquake struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but there was no threat of tsunami or immediate reports of damage, officials said.
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May 29, 2015
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Seismic experiment in Alaska could shed light on slow earthquakes
An earthquake expert at the University of California, Riverside is leading a team of seismologists and volcanologists to conduct an experiment in Alaska that will record a variety of seismic events in that state. The experiment ...
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Jan 15, 2015
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NASA eyes Post-Tropical Storm Nuri's winds, now to affect Alaska
NASA's newest Earth observing mission, the International Space Station-Rapid Scatterometer, or ISS-RapidScat provided a look at the winds within post-tropical cyclone Nuri on Nov. 5 and 6 as it moved parallel to Japan. Nuri ...
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Nov 7, 2014
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Massive debris pile reveals risk of huge tsunamis in Hawaii
A mass of marine debris discovered in a giant sinkhole in the Hawaiian islands provides evidence that at least one mammoth tsunami, larger than any in Hawaii's recorded history, has struck the islands, and that a similar ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2014
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Genevieve Downgraded to a tropical storm
Once Super Typhoon Genevieve has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. The storm is located approximately 819 nautical miles west-northwest of Midway Island. It is currently tracking northwestward at 8 knots per hour over ...
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Aug 11, 2014
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