Predicting volcanic eruptions and coping with ash rain
Living alongside active volcanoes in places like Japan, the Philippines and especially Indonesia can be uncomfortable.
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Oct 17, 2014
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Japan police: Volcanic rocks killed most victims
Doctors have determined that almost all of the dozens of people killed on a Japanese volcano died of injuries from being hit by rocks that flew out during its eruption, police said Thursday.
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Oct 2, 2014
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Volcano expert comments on Japan eruption
Loÿc Vanderkluysen, PhD, who recently joined Drexel as an assistant professor in Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, returned Friday from fieldwork in Indonesia ...
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Oct 1, 2014
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Sudden eruption of Japanese volcano very rare: expert
The suddenness of the eruption of Japan's Mount Ontake volcano is an extremely rare phenomenon which makes it impossible to take precautionary measures, French volcanologist Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff told AFP Sunday.
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Sep 29, 2014
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Could there really be such a thing as volcano season?
The Earth seems to have been smoking a lot recently. Volcanoes are currently erupting in Iceland, Hawaii, Indonesia and Mexico. Others, in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, erupted recently but seem to have calmed down. ...
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Sep 25, 2014
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Philippines orders evacuation near powerful volcano
Philippines authorities on Tuesday ordered people living close to a powerful volcano to evacuate, warning a dangerous eruption may occur within weeks.
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Sep 16, 2014
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Tavurvur in Papua New Guinea is the latest volcano to watch
Last week, the eyes of volcanologists – and presumably a few nervous pilots – were fixed on Iceland. But unexpectedly, the volcanic eruption that made headlines happened on the other side of the world, in Papua New Guinea.
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Sep 2, 2014
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New signs of eruption at Iceland volcano
Teams monitoring Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano have found evidence of a possible underground eruption as powerful earthquakes continue to shake the area, Icelandic authorities said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2014
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Earthquakes over 5 magnitude shake Iceland volcano
Two earthquakes measuring over 5 in magnitude—the biggest yet—have shaken Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano after the country issued an aviation red alert warning that an ash-emitting eruption may be imminent.
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Aug 24, 2014
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Airlines on alert as eruption begins in Iceland
Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano burst forth with a small eruption Saturday under the ice of Europe's largest glacier, scientists said, prompting the country to close airspace over the area.
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Aug 23, 2014
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