Volcanic Lightning: The Science Behind This Spectacular Phenomenon
You’ve undoubtedly gazed out of the window to marvel at a lightning storm in all its glory. Thunderstorms are certainly a sight to behold, but…
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Flood Basalt Eruptions: NASA Warns That Some Volcanoes Could Warm Climate, Destroy Ozone Layer
A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called “flood basalt eruptions” could significantly warm Earth’s climate and devastate the ozone layer…
Exploring Earth From Space: Mount Aso – The Largest Active Volcano in Japan
Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Mount Aso, located in the Kumamoto…
Antarctic Orca Submarine Volcano Blasted by Swarm of 85,000 Earthquakes
In a remote area, a mix of geophysical methods identifies magma transfer below the seafloor as the cause. Even off the coast of Antarctica, volcanoes…
Jupiter’s Innermost Moon – Io – Has Spectacular Dunes
Rutgers study shows new way dunes can form on varied celestial surfaces. Scientists have long pondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as…
Seismic Algorithm Reveals Tonga Islands Eruption Was the Largest Explosive Eruption of the 21st Century
Seismic Algorithm Reveals the Magnitude of the January 2022 Tonga Islands Eruption On January 15, 2022, the eruption of a submarine volcano in the Tonga…
Giant Ice Volcanos on Pluto May Have Formed From Multiple Cryovolcanic Eruption Events
Scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team have discovered multiple episodes of cryovolcanism may have formed some kinds of surface structures on Pluto, the likes…
Tonga Volcano Eruption Caused Massive Space Plasma Disturbances on a Global Scale
MIT Haystack Observatory identifies long-duration atmospheric waves launched by the recent Tonga eruption. The recent eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano, at 04:14:45 UT…
Ancient Ice Reveals Scores of Gigantic Volcanic Eruptions – Causing Tsunamis, Drought, Famine, and Death
Ice cores drilled in Antarctica and Greenland have revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption…
Tonga Volcano Eruption To Have Smaller Cooling Impact on Climate Change Than First Thought
A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022…
High-Flying NASA “NACHOS” Compact Hyperspectral Imager May Help Predict Volcanic Eruptions
NASA is launching a prototype instrument that could make it easier to monitor volcanic activity and air quality. Perched aboard a CubeSat about 300 miles…
Temperature Shifts Deep Down in the Earth Give Rise to Volcanic Eruptions
The astonishing force of the Tonga volcanic eruption shocked the world, but the fact that this underwater volcano actually erupted came as less of a…
Massive Tonga Volcano Plume Reached the Mesosphere – 36 Miles Into the Atmosphere
The plume from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai behaved like a mega-thunderstorm that rose 58 kilometers (36 miles) into the atmosphere. When an underwater volcano erupted near…
Tonga Volcanic Eruption Sent Ripples Through Earth’s Ionosphere – Equivalent to 4-18 Megatons of TNT
NASA detected the shockwave from the underwater eruption high up in the atmosphere. The powerful underwater volcanic eruption that blanketed the island nation of Tonga…
Stunning Photo Captured From Space: New Eruption at Krakatoa Volcano
A new eruption started at the Anak Krakatoa, or Krakatau, volcano on Rakata Island in Indonesia on February 3, 2022, as seen in this image…
Growing Ground “Bulge” Detected Near Three Sisters Volcanoes
Scientists detect rejuvenated uplift near South Sister volcano. Using satellite imagery and sophisticated GPS instruments, Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysicists have detected a subtle increase in…
Extraordinary Microbes Living in Extremely Harsh Volcanic Lake Show How Life Might Have Existed on Mars
Lake is dominated by bacteria from a single ‘extremophile’ genus. A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a…
Is Vesuvius – One of Europe’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes – Taking an Extended Siesta?
Located near Naples, Italy, Vesuvius last had a violent eruption in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War. It could be a few…
