A Nighttime Glow Over Mount Etna – Highly Active Italian Volcano
An Earth science satellite detected an illuminated plume spreading across Sicily during a night of heightened activity at the Italian volcano. At 1:37 a.m. local…
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Italy’s Mount Etna Erupts, Spewing a Fountain of Lava and Ash Into the Sky
Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash…
There’s Lots of Water in the Most Explosive Volcano in the World
Shiveluch, an active volcano located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia, has had more major eruptions than any other volcano in our current period…
Explosive Past of Arizona’s Sunset Crater Eruption May Inform Threats of Similar Volcanoes Today
Around A.D. 1085, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona’s elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano erupted, forever changing ancient Puebloan fortunes and all nearby life….
Solving a Long-Debated Scientific Controversy: Climate and Carbon Cycle Trends of the Past 50 Million Years Reconciled
Predictions of future climate change require a clear and nuanced understanding of Earth’s past climate. In a study published today (January 22, 2021) in Science…
“Extinct” Pinatubo Volcano Mouse Rediscovered on Volcano That Erupted 30 Years Ago
A small mouse rediscovered on a volcano that erupted 30 years ago provides hope for wildlife conservation in the Philippines. In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo,…
Socked in Stratovolcano: Astronaut on ISS Captures Incredible View of Uninhabited Atlasov Island
Rising above the clouds and the Sea of Okhotsk, the uninhabited Atlasov Island appears as a distinctive dark landform from the view of an astronaut…
Kilauea’s Lava Lake Returns – Hawaii’s Most Active Volcano Is Erupting Again
After two years of quiet, Kilauea, Hawaii’s youngest and most active volcano, is erupting again. In the early days of the volcano’s latest eruption, water…
“Smoking Mountain” – An Outburst From Popocatépetl Volcano in Mexico
Popocatépetl volcano—the name is Aztec for “smoking mountain” — is one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes. The glacier-clad stratovolcano has been erupting since January 2005,…
Is Reawakened Steamboat Geyser a Harbinger for Explosive Yellowstone Volcanic Eruptions?
Analysis of Steamboat Geyser also finds relationship between column height and reservoir depth. When Yellowstone National Park’s Steamboat Geyser — which shoots water higher than…
Newberry Volcano Photographed by Astronaut Onboard the International Space Station
While passing over Oregon, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph of Newberry Volcano in the eastern Cascade Mountains. With its…
Stressed Out Volcanoes More Likely to Collapse and Erupt
A new study has implications for how the world might be better protected against future volcano collapses. An international study led by Monash scientists has…
Secret of Australia’s Volcanoes Revealed: Why Has the East Coast Had Hundreds of Volcanoes Since the Dinosaur Age?
Australia’s east coast is littered with the remnants of hundreds of volcanoes — the most recent just a few thousand years old — and scientists…
Deep-Sea Volcanoes: Biological Hotspots Are Windows Into the Subsurface
Hydrothermally-active submarine volcanoes account for much of Earth’s volcanism and are mineral-rich biological hotspots, yet very little is known about the dynamics of microbial diversity…
Cluster of Islands in Alaska Could Be Single Gigantic Interconnected Volcano
A small group of volcanic islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano, say scientists that presented the findings…
Crystals From 1959 May Help Reveal Hidden Volcano Behavior and Predict Future Eruptions
Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground in lava tubes churning…
ABOVE & Beyond: New Drone Technology Improves Ability to Forecast Volcanic Eruptions
Specially-adapted drones developed by a University College London-led international team have been gathering data from never-before-explored volcanoes that will enable local communities to better forecast…
Concrete New Evidence That Big Volcanic Eruption Caused the Largest Mass Extinction
Researchers in Japan, the US, and China say they have found more concrete evidence of the volcanic cause of the largest mass extinction of life….