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Off The Shelf Maps Help Mitigate Volcanic Hazards
January 21, 2009 — When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ... > full story -
Large Earthquakes Trigger A Surge In Volcanic Eruptions
January 10, 2009 — New evidence shows that very large earthquakes can trigger an increase in activity at nearby volcanoes. An analysis of records in southern Chile has shown that up to four times as many volcanic ... > full story -
Volcanoes Cool The Tropics, But Global Warming May Have Helped Override Some Recent Eruptions
January 5, 2009 — Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th ... > full story -
Swarm Of Small Earthquakes Rattles Yellowstone National Park, U.S.
January 4, 2009 — A notable swarm of earthquakes has been underway since December 26, 2008 beneath Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, three to six miles south-southeast of Fishing Bridge, ... > full story -
CAT Scan Reveals Inner Workings Of Volcano Island
December 19, 2008 — On the ground and in the water, researchers have been collecting imaging data on the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat to understand the internal structure of the volcano and how and when it ... > full story -
The Year Of The Alaska Volcano: Eruptions Keep Observatory Busy
December 17, 2008 — Three Alaska volcanoes erupted in midsummer 2008. Cleveland, Okmok and Kasatochi volcanoes, all located in Alaska's Aleutian Chain, made for a hectic 20th anniversary for the Alaska Volcano ... > full story -
Why Is The Earth’s Mantle Conductive?
December 3, 2008 — Researchers in France have found that the high conductivity of the Earth's upper mantle is due to molten carbonates. They have demonstrated the very high conductivity of this form of carbon. Their ... > full story -
Volcanic Eruption Signals Simulated In Lab For First Time
November 30, 2008 — For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such ... > full story -
Indonesian Mud Volcano Triggered By Drilling Of Nearby Gas Exploration Well, Scientists Conclude
October 30, 2008 — Two years' of global public debate over the cause of the Java mud volcano, Lusi, has concluded. World scientists conclude that drilling, not an earthquake, was the cause of east Java mud volcano at ... > full story -
Scientists Map Soils On An Extinct American Volcano
October 20, 2008 — A new article details an unprecedented sampling of soils taken from the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field in Union County New Mexico, detailing the dynamic conditions of the soil that was a result of lava ... > full story
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