Volcano News

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Underwater Exploration Of The Casablanca Seamount

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Scientists Measure The Rate Of Ascent Of Volcanic Magma

Posted September 21, 2009:

• 'Rosetta Stone' Of Supervolcanoes Discovered In Italian Alps

Posted September 9, 2009:

• New Species Of Giant Rat Discovered In Crater Of Volcano

Posted August 12, 2009:

• NASA Goes Inside A Volcano, Monitors Activity

Posted August 6, 2009:

• Rebirth Of An Island After Volcanic Eruption

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction

Posted May 10, 2009:

• Chaitén Volcano In Southern Chile: Historic Volcanic Eruptions Significantly Underestimated, Ash Fallout Analysis Shows

Posted May 7, 2009:

• World's Most Unusual Volcano: Origin Of Carbon-based Lavas Revealed

Posted May 5, 2009:

• Erupting Undersea Volcano Near Island Of Guam Supports Unique Ecosystem

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Caribbean At Risk Of Tsunami, Disaster Experts Warn

Posted April 10, 2009:

• Monitoring Yellowstone Earthquake Swarms

Posted April 9, 2009:

• Sound From Exploding Volcanoes Compared With Jet Engines

Posted March 28, 2009:

• Airborne Dust Reduction Plays Larger Than Expected Role In Determining Atlantic Temperature

Posted March 23, 2009:

• Mount Redoubt Volcano In Alaska Erupts Explosively

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Fledgling Mantle Plume May Be Cause Of African Volcano's Unique Lava

Posted March 13, 2009:

• New Method For Monitoring Volcanoes

Posted March 10, 2009:

• European Satellites Provide New Insight Into Ozone-depleting Species

Posted March 4, 2009:

• Earth's Highest Known Microbial Systems Fueled By Volcanic Gases

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Year Without Summer: Effects Of Tambora Volcanic Eruption On Iberian Peninsula Studied For First Time

Posted February 15, 2009:

• Volcanic Spreading And Lateral Variations In Structure Of Olympus Mons, Mars

Posted January 26, 2009:

• Off The Shelf Maps Help Mitigate Volcanic Hazards

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Large Earthquakes Trigger A Surge In Volcanic Eruptions

Posted January 9, 2009:

• Volcanoes Cool The Tropics, But Global Warming May Have Helped Override Some Recent Eruptions

Posted January 6, 2009:

• Swarm Of Small Earthquakes Rattles Yellowstone National Park, U.S.

Posted December 24, 2008:

• CAT Scan Reveals Inner Workings Of Volcano Island

Posted December 16, 2008:

• The Year Of The Alaska Volcano: Eruptions Keep Observatory Busy

Posted December 4, 2008:

• Why Is The Earth’s Mantle Conductive?

Posted December 2, 2008:

• Volcanic Eruption Signals Simulated In Lab For First Time

Posted November 3, 2008:

• Indonesian Mud Volcano Triggered By Drilling Of Nearby Gas Exploration Well, Scientists Conclude

Posted October 20, 2008:

• Scientists Map Soils On An Extinct American Volcano

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Deep Magma Matters: Volcanic Eruptions More Complex And Harder To Predict

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Extinct May Not Be Forever For Some Species Of Galapagos Tortoises

Posted September 25, 2008:

• World’s Largest Tsunami Debris Discovered

Posted September 1, 2008:

• Crystals Improve Understanding Of Volcanic Eruption Triggers

Posted August 30, 2008:

• Magmatically Triggered Slow Earthquake Discovered At Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Posted August 28, 2008:

• Yellowstone's Ancient Supervolcano: Molten Plume Of Material Cooler Than Expected

Posted August 16, 2008:

• Studying Volcanoes With Balloons

Posted August 8, 2008:

• Monitoring Against Another Pompeii

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Explosive Eruption Of Okmok Volcano In Alaska

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects Of Eruptions
• Mount St. Helens Officially Slumbers -- Alert Level Goes Back To Normal

Posted July 10, 2008:

• Geologists Discover Magma And Carbon Dioxide Combine To Make ‘Soda-Pop’ Eruption

Posted June 30, 2008:

• Volcano 'Pollution' Solves Mercury Mystery

Posted June 26, 2008:

• Fire Under Arctic Ice: Volcanoes Have Been Blowing Their Tops In The Deep Ocean

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