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Deepest Explosive Eruption on Sea Floor: Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle Jason Images Discovery
December 17, 2009 — Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the ... > full story -
Pre-Eruption Earthquakes Offer Clues to Volcano Forecasters
December 16, 2009 — Like an angry dog, a volcano growls before it bites, shaking the ground and getting "noisy" before erupting. This activity gives scientists an opportunity to study the tumult beneath a volcano and ... > full story -
Yellowstone's Plumbing Reveals Plume of Hot and Molten Rock 410 Miles Deep
December 14, 2009 — The most detailed seismic images yet published of the Yellowstone supervolcano's plumbing shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, ... > full story -
Undocumented Volcano Contributed to Extremely Cold Decade from 1810-1819
December 5, 2009 — Researchers have found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented large volcanic eruption that occurred exactly 200 years ago, in 1809. The discovery helps explain the record cold decade from ... > full story -
Supervolcano Eruption -- In Sumatra -- Deforested India 73,000 Years Ago
November 23, 2009 — A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the ... > full story -
Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
November 4, 2009 — Scientists have used images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift. A new article focuses on the section of the rift in Kenya. Surface deformation of four active ... > full story -
Underwater Exploration Of The Casablanca Seamount
October 30, 2009 — In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS made 10 dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-kilometer high seamount located some 300 miles west of ... > full story -
Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-Archaeological Research Suggests
October 26, 2009 — There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel, says one researcher, following geoarchaeological research at the port of Caesarea. Tsunami events in the Mediterranean occur ... > full story -
Scientists Measure The Rate Of Ascent Of Volcanic Magma
October 8, 2009 — Plinian eruptions are rare but highly explosive volcanic eruptions, which are often preceded by quite short periods of tectonic activity. Researchers in Germany have now been able experimentally to ... > full story -
'Rosetta Stone' Of Supervolcanoes Discovered In Italian Alps
September 21, 2009 — Scientists have found the "Rosetta Stone" of supervolcanoes. A fossil supervolcano has been revealed in a rare uplift of the Earth's crust in the Sesia Valley of the Italian Alps. The discovery will ... > full story
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