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Icelandic Volcanoes Can Be Unpredictable and Dangerous
April 16, 2010 — If history is any indication, the erupting volcano in Iceland and its immense ash plume could intensify, says a researcher who has explored Icelandic volcanoes for the past 25 ... > full story -
Volcanic Eruption in Iceland Unlikely to Have Global Effects
April 16, 2010 — The eruption of an Icelandic volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere and caused sweeping disruptions of air traffic over Great Britain and Scandinavia today will likely dissipate in ... > full story -
Iceland Eruption: New Satellite Image of Volcanic Ash Cloud
April 15, 2010 — A vast cloud of volcanic ash has been sweeping across parts of northern Europe from the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite has imaged the ash cloud, ... > full story -
NASA Sensors Providing Rapid Estimates of Iceland Volcano Emissions
April 8, 2010 — A NASA research team is using the latest advances in satellite artificial intelligence to speed up estimates of the heat and volume of lava escaping from an erupting volcano in ... > full story -
Into a Volcano to Test Suitcase-Sized Science Lab
March 2, 2010 — Some scientists will go anywhere for a proper test, including the mouth of a (sleeping) Hawaiian volcano. One researcher led an expedition into a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to test the ... > full story -
Ancient DNA Reveals Caribou History Linked to Volcanic Eruption
February 22, 2010 — DNA recovered from ancient caribou bones reveals a possible link between several small unique caribou herds and a massive volcanic eruption that blanketed much of the Alaskan Yukon territory in a ... > full story -
Link Between Exploration Well and Lusi Mud Volcano, Strongest Evidence to Date Shows
February 11, 2010 — Nearly four years ago, a volcano of mud erupted in the middle of an Indonesian suburb, eventually inundating four villages, displacing 30,000 people and causing a gas line explosion that killed 13. ... > full story -
Congo Receives Help from Space After Volcano Eruption
January 22, 2010 — On Jan. 2, Mount Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, spewing lava from its southern flank and raising concerns that the 100,000 people in the town of Sake could be under threat. ... > full story -
Volcanic Hazard Map Produced for Island of Gran Canaria
January 19, 2010 — Researchers have defined the age, location, size and geochemistry of the volcanoes of Gran Canaria during the Holocene, 11,000 years ago, in order to draw up a map of volcanic hazards for the island. ... > full story -
Geosciences: Melt Rises to Earth's Surface Up to 25 Times Faster Than Previously Assumed
December 31, 2009 — Scientists have successfully determined the permeability of the asthenosphere in the Earth's upper mantle and thus the rate at which melt rises to the Earth's surface: it flows up to 25 times faster ... > full story
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