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Earthquake Swarms Not Just Clustered Around Volcanoes, Geothermal Regions
October 25, 2006 — An earthquake swarm -- a steady drumbeat of moderate, related seismic events -- over hours or days, often can be observed near a volcano such as Mount St. Helens in Washington state or in a ... > full story -
New, Hands-on Science Demos Teach Young Students How Volcanoes 'Blow Their Tops,' Spew Lava
October 25, 2006 — Geologists at Rutgers University have created three hands-on demonstrations that show how heat and pressure underground move rocks and earth to build up volcanic mountains, and in some cases, cause ... > full story -
Methane Devourer Discovered In The Arctic
October 19, 2006 — Not lava, but muds and methane are emitted from the Arctic deep-water mud volcano Haakon Mosby. When it reaches the atmosphere, methane is an aggressive greenhouse gas, 25-times more potent than ... > full story -
New Research Puts 'Killer La Palma Tsunami' At Distant Future
September 20, 2006 — The volcanic island of La Palma in the Canaries is much more stable than is generally assumed, Dutch scientists working at the TU Delft have found. The southwestern flank of the island isn't likely ... > full story -
Decompression-Driven Crystallization Warms Pathway For Volcanic Eruptions
September 11, 2006 — The reason may be counter-intuitive, but the more magma crystallizes, the hotter it gets and the more likely a volcano will erupt, according to a team of scientists that includes a University of ... > full story -
Renewed Volcanic Activity In Southern Italy Tracked By Envisat
August 26, 2006 — Satellite images acquired by ESA's Envisat satellite have revealed the volcanic region of the Phlegrean Fields, located in southern Italy near the city of Naples, has entered a new uplift ... > full story -
Singing Volcanoes: Scientists Translate Volcanic Behavior Into Sound Waves
August 10, 2006 — Predicting eruptions will become easier now scientists are using technology to translate the patterns in a volcano's behaviour into sound ... > full story -
At An Underwater Volcano, Evidence Of Man's Environmental Impact
August 1, 2006 — Scientists studying hydrothermal vents, those underwater geysers that are home to bizarre geological structures and unique marine species, have discovered something all too familiar: ... > full story -
Silent Earthquakes May Foreshadow Destructive Temblors, Study Finds
July 6, 2006 — A team of American geoscientists is urging colleagues around the world to search for evidence of tiny earthquakes in seismically active areas, such as the Pacific Northwest, that are periodically ... > full story -
Study Outlines Eruption At Undersea Volcano
May 25, 2006 — An international team of scientists has presented its findings from the first observations of the eruption of a submarine volcano that in 2004 and 2005 spewed out plumes of sulfur-rich fluid and ... > full story
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