Indonesian authorities have raised a maximum alert as Mount Agung on Bali—an island that attracted nearly five million tourists last year—threatens to erupt.
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Nov 27, 2017
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A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has rumbled to life with eruptions that dusted nearby resorts and villages with ash and forced the closure of the small international airport on neighboring Lombok island as towering ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2017
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Black rhinos, red wolves, whooping cranes: the global list of endangered species grows every year to the point where some researchers say we're witnessing the start of Earth's next mass extinction.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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Major volcanic eruptions in the future have the potential to affect global temperatures and precipitation more dramatically than in the past because of climate change, according to a new study led by the National Center for ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2017
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It's more than three weeks since the alert level on Bali's Mount Agung was raised to its highest level. An eruption was expected imminently and thousands of people were evacuated, but the volcano has still not erupted.
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2017
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A new study linking paleoclimatology—the reconstruction of past global climates—with historical analysis by researchers at Yale and other institutions shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2017
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The evacuation of more than 11,000 people from a Vanuatu island threatened by a volcano was completed Thursday, authorities said, as aid began arriving to help the displaced.
Environment
Oct 5, 2017
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Vanuatu officials said Wednesday they have nearly completed the evacuation of an island where a belching volcano has been threatening to blow.
Environment
Oct 4, 2017
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A Vanuatu volcano that sparked the evacuation of an entire island appeared to be stabilising, scientists said Tuesday, although aid workers said it was too early for villagers to return home.
Environment
Oct 3, 2017
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A rumbling, belching volcano that's threatening to blow had forced more than 7,000 people to flee their homes by Wednesday on an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2017
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