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.
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Sep 16, 2020
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Aleutian volcano spews up ash cloud in two strong bursts
A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands spewed ash into flight paths, prompting a warning to pilots by the National Weather Service.
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Jan 8, 2020
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Global carbon dioxide growth in 2018 reached 4th highest on record
By the end of 2018, NOAA's atmospheric observatory at Mauna Loa recorded the fourth-highest annual growth in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in 60 years of record-keeping.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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Volcano erupts on remote Papua New Guinea island
One of Papua New Guinea's most active volcanoes has erupted, authorities said Tuesday, pummelling villages on a remote island with volcanic rock before subsiding.
Environment
Jan 8, 2019
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New volcanic lava fissure in Hawaii prompts more evacuations
A new volcanic fissure on Hawaii's Big Island sent gases and lava exploding into the air, prompting officials to issue calls for more evacuations as residents awaited a possible major eruption at Kilauea volcano's summit.
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May 14, 2018
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Submarine volcanoes add to ocean soundscape
Most volcanoes erupt beneath the ocean, but scientists know little about them compared to what they know about volcanoes that eject their lava on dry land. Gabrielle Tepp of the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2017
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Alaska volcano sends up ash cloud from Aleutian Islands
A 14-minute eruption by an Alaska volcano sent an ash cloud to 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) in the Aleutian Islands.
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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Alaska's Bogoslof Volcano erupts again, spewing ash cloud
An Alaska volcano that has erupted more than 35 times since mid-December has sent up another ash cloud.
Environment
Mar 13, 2017
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Alaska volcano erupts again, sends ash cloud over Aleutians
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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Alaska's busy volcano: Seawater, magma figure in eruptions
Alaska's remote Bogoslof Island is only 169 acres, a third the size of the average American farm. And it's highest "peak" is just 490 feet, half as tall as the Eiffel Tower.
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Feb 3, 2017
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