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Volcanic ash is a silent killer, more so than lava
Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what ...
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Melting Ice Age Glaciers May Have Sped Up Continental Movement And Increased Volcanic Activity
The Atlantic Ocean has been widening for hundreds of millions of years, but its growth may have briefly gone into overdrive ...
Melting glaciers at the end of the Ice Age may have sped up continental drift, fueled volcanic eruptions
Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shoots lava 650 feet into air as spectacular eruption resumes
The HVO said Kilauea’s current eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele, the summit caldera, started on Dec. 23, 2024 ...
From volcano to Arctic: Researchers track sulfur dioxide's 2,000-kilometer journey
A research team has uncovered surprising evidence of cross-border pollution reaching the Arctic, originating from an ...
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The Search for One of North America’s Rarest Birds
These uninhabited volcanic isles host an impressive array of Arctic birds ... voyaging more than 500 miles from the Aleutian Islands to conduct the third-ever McKay’s Bunting survey. They had a week ...
Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island?
Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.
The Navy may revive this forgotten Alaskan base that sits halfway to Russia
Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.