Volcano News

Posted January 9, 2012:

• NASA Radar to Study Hawaii's Most Active Volcano
• Tortoise Species Thought to Be Extinct Still Lives, Genetic Analysis Reveals

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaii's Twin Volcanoes

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Supervolcanoes: Not a Threat for 2012

Posted October 28, 2011:

• Mapping the Formation of an Underwater Volcano

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Fiery Volcano Offers Geologic Glimpse Into Land That Time Forgot

Posted October 18, 2011:

• CSI-Style Investigation of Meteorite Hits on Earth

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Possible Trigger for Volcanic 'Super-Eruptions' Discovered

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Tenerife Geology Discovery Is Among 'World's Best': Holiday Island Landscape Reveals Explosive Past

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Deep Recycling in Earth Faster Than Thought

Posted August 9, 2011:

• New Eruption Discovered at Undersea Volcano, After Successfully Forecasting the Event

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Guam Researcher Studies Mount Pinatubo Ecosystem Recovery: Primary Succession on the Slopes

Posted July 12, 2011:

• Long Distance: Research Shows Ancient Rock Under Haiti Came from 1,000+ Miles Away

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Underwater Antarctic Volcanoes Discovered in the Southern Ocean

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Australian Volcano Eruptions Overdue, New Study Confirms

Posted June 29, 2011:

• GOES Satellites See Ash Still Spewing from Chilean Volcano

Posted June 15, 2011:

• NASA Satellite Gallery Shows Chilean Volcano Plume Moving Around the World

Posted June 10, 2011:

• Earth from Space: A Gush of Volcanic Gas

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Satellites See Eruption of Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano from Space

Posted June 1, 2011:

• 3-D Model Mimics Volcanic Explosions

Posted May 27, 2011:

• Bleach in the Icelandic Volcanic Cloud

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Novel Ash Analysis Validates Volcano No-Fly Zones

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity Image Hints Supervolcano Plume Is Bigger Than Thought

Posted April 4, 2011:

• NASA Airborne Radar Set to Image Hawaiian Volcano

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Deep-Sea Volcanoes Don't Just Produce Lava Flows, They Also Explode

Posted March 6, 2011:

• Hawaiian Volcano Crater Floor Collapse Followed by Eruption in Fissue Along Kilauea's East Rift Zone

Posted March 4, 2011:

• No Such Thing as a Dormant Volcano? Magma Chambers Awake Sooner Than Thought

Posted February 23, 2011:

• Oscillating 'Plug' of Magma Causes Tremors That Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Iceland Volcano Drilling Suggests Magma Could Become Source of High-Grade Energy

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Geologist's Discoveries Resolve Debate About Oxygen in Earth's Mantle

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Hot Stuff: Magma at Shallow Depth Under Hawaii

Posted December 9, 2010:

• New Way Found of Monitoring Volcanic Ash Cloud

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Ten Years of Soufriere Hills Volcano Research

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Months of Geologic Unrest Signaled Reawakening of Icelandic Volcano

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Mounting Research Shows Increased Health Risks from Volcanic Air Pollution

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Rare Melt Key to ‘Ring of Fire’

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Mystery of Italy's Mount Etna Explained?

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Volcano Fuels Massive Phytoplankton Bloom

Posted September 26, 2010:

• Pinpointing Where Volcanic Eruptions Could Strike

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes

Posted August 2, 2010:

• Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed

Posted July 25, 2010:

• Accepted Theory Explaining Frequent Eruptions at Italy’s Stromboli Volcano Questioned

Posted July 14, 2010:

• Scientists Assess Impact of Icelandic Volcanic Ash on Ocean Biology

Posted June 21, 2010:

• Geo-Neutrinos: Discovery of Subatomic Particles Could Answer Deep Questions in Geology

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Volcanic Emissions Used to Study Earth’s Atmospheric Past

Posted May 28, 2010:

• Experts Gather as Volcanic Dust Settles

Posted May 27, 2010:

• Electric Ash Found in Eyjafjallajokull's Plume, Say UK Researchers

Posted May 7, 2010:

• Envisat Captures Renewed Volcanic Activity

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