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Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
As the Landsat Data
Continuity Mission satellite
flew over Indonesia's Flores
Sea April 29, it captured an
image of Paluweh volcano
spewing ash into the air.
... > full story
Canada's Distinctive Tuya Volcanoes Reveal Glacial, Palaeo-Climate Secrets
Deposits left by the
eruption of a subglacial
volcano, or tuya, 1.8
million years ago could hold
the secret to more accurate
... > full story
No Redoubt: Volcanic Eruption Forecasting Improved
Forecasting volcanic
eruptions with success is
heavily dependent on
recognizing well-established
patterns of pre-eruption
unrest in the monitoring
... > full story
Scientists Use Islands to Gauge Rainfall's Effect on Landscapes
Researchers have used
volcanic islands to measure
how rainfall sets the pace
of landscape formation. ... > full story
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Second Source of Potentially Disruptive Icelandic Volcanoes Found
April 2, 2013 — New research has discovered another type of Icelandic volcanic eruption that could cause disruption. The team found magma that is twice as 'fizzy' as previously believed, which increases the ... > full story -
NASA Sends Unmanned Aircraft to Study Volcanic Plume
April 2, 2013 — Studying volcanos can be hazardous work, both for researchers and aircraft. To penetrate such dangerous airspace, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially those with electric engines that ingest ... > full story -
Scientists Image Deep Magma Beneath Pacific Seafloor Volcano
March 27, 2013 — Since the plate tectonics revolution of the 1960s, scientists have known that new seafloor is created throughout the major ocean basins at linear chains of volcanoes known as mid-ocean ridges. But ... > full story -
New Owl Species Discovered in Indonesia Is Unique to One Island
February 13, 2013 — A new owl is the first endemic bird species discovered on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, according to new ... > full story -
Isotope Patterns in Ancient Volcanic Sulfur Tell Which Global Cooling Episodes Were Caused by Volcanic Eruptions
February 11, 2013 — Volcanoes are well known for cooling the climate. But just how much and when has been a bone of contention among historians, glaciologists and archeologists. Now a team of atmosphere chemists has ... > full story -
Eruption Risk Perception Disconnected from Detected Threat
February 6, 2013 — The perceived risk of having a volcanic eruption needs to match the actual risk, detected through combined technologies including remote sensing of volcanic gasses, before dire consequences can be ... > full story -
Scientists Describe a 'New' Type of Volcanic Eruption
January 21, 2013 — Scientists based in the UK and New Zealand have described a “new” type of volcanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions are commonly categorized as either explosive or effusive. But now, ... > full story -
Ancient Earth's Geochemistry: Some Tectonic Processes Driving Volcanic Activity Occurred 3.8 Billion Years Ago
January 18, 2013 — Researchers still have much to learn about the volcanism that shaped our planet's early history. New evidence demonstrates that some of the tectonic processes driving volcanic activity, such as those ... > full story -
Unrestricted Access to the Details of Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
January 18, 2013 — Details of around 2,000 major volcanic eruptions which occurred over the last 1.8 million years have been made available in a new open access ... > full story -
Will the World End on December 21, 2012? What We Know and Don't Know About Forecasting Natural Disasters
December 19, 2012 — Based on interpretations of the ancient Maya calendar, some people are predicting the world will end on December 21, 2012, Others believe that instead of doomsday and destruction, the day will mark a ... > full story
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