Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska
While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago.
Environment
Sep 16, 2020
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News tagged with volcanic ash clouds
Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts again
Guatemala's deadly Fuego volcano erupted anew early Friday, unleashing a 600-meter flow of lava and sending clouds of ash spiralling into the sky.
Environment
Oct 12, 2018
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Volcano erupts on same Indonesian island as earlier quake
A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island struck last week by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, but no evacuations were ordered.
Environment
Oct 3, 2018
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Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo caused in part by Indonesian volcanic eruption
Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited Earth's atmosphere in 1815, causing global poor weather and Napoleon's defeat, says new research.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2018
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Red sky in sight shows charging at height
The Saharan dust cloud that cast a red glow over the UK last autumn helped scientists to take a step forward in understanding how to prepare for future volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2018
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Ash clouds of Antarctic volcanoes may disrupt air traffic in the southern hemisphere
Ash clouds emitted during the eruption of an Antarctic volcano may disrupt air traffic in the southern hemisphere, according to a study made by researchers from the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera of the CSIC (ICTJA-CSIC) ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2017
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Bali volcano dusts resorts in ash; Lombok airport closes
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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Is Iceland's tallest volcano awakening?
Two women and a boy took refuge on the roof … but it was carried away by the deluge of water, and as far as the eye could reach, the three unfortunate persons were seen clinging to the roof. One of the women was afterwards ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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Researchers develop innovative way to understand nature of an entire tiny particle
New research from the University of New Hampshire has led to the development of a novel technique to determine the surface area and volume of small particles, the size of a grain of sand or smaller. Due to their tiny size, ...
General Physics
Aug 10, 2017
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Ash from ancient Russian eruption found in Norwegian Arctic
Geochemical fingerprinting links microscopic ash found on the bottom of a Svalbard lake to a volcanic event happening 7000 years ago and 5000 km away.
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2017
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