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Ten Years of Soufriere Hills Volcano Research
November 18, 2010 The Soufriere Hills Volcano on Montserrat erupted in 1995, and researchers have studied this volcano from land and sea since then to understand the workings of andesite volcanoes more ... > full story -
Months of Geologic Unrest Signaled Reawakening of Icelandic Volcano
November 17, 2010 Months of volcanic restlessness preceded the eruptions this spring of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, providing insight into what roused it from centuries of ... > full story -
Mounting Research Shows Increased Health Risks from Volcanic Air Pollution
October 20, 2010 Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has been erupting since 1983. But, in March 2008, an additional eruption vent opened at the volcano's summit, resulting in triple the amount of sulfur dioxide gas emissions ... > full story -
Rare Melt Key to ‘Ring of Fire’
October 11, 2010 Scientists have discovered the explanation for why the world's explosive volcanoes are confined to bands only a few tens of kilometers wide, such as those along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. Most of ... > full story -
Mystery of Italy's Mount Etna Explained?
October 7, 2010 Geophysicists have developed the first dynamic model to explain the mystery of the largest and most fascinating volcano in Europe, Mount ... > full story -
Volcano Fuels Massive Phytoplankton Bloom
October 6, 2010 New study shows that 2008 volcano in North Pacific fueled largest phytoplankton bloom in the region since satellite measurements began in 1997. This study has important implications for proposals to ... > full story -
Pinpointing Where Volcanic Eruptions Could Strike
September 26, 2010 A better way to pinpoint where volcanic eruptions are likely to occur has been produced by an international team of ... > full story -
Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes
August 25, 2010 Two French scientists are traveling to one of the remotest places on Earth, the Kamchatka peninsula, to piece together the complex life story of two volcanoes. Kamchatka is a unique site for studying ... > full story -
Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed
August 2, 2010 A new study has found that a mixing of two different types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions often happen in a relatively ... > full story -
Accepted Theory Explaining Frequent Eruptions at Italy’s Stromboli Volcano Questioned
July 25, 2010 One volcano that volcanologists believe they understand fairly well is Italy's Stromboli, which has been erupting every five to 20 minutes for thousands of years, spewing fountains of ash and magma ... > full story
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