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Scientists found that a "cap" of bubbles and magma stands between the magma reservoir underneath Yellowstone National Park ...
Scientists provided an update Thursday on the chances of an eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska, a situation being ...
When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the ...
Residents in Alaska's largest city are bracing for a looming volcano eruption that scientists have warned could happen in a few weeks. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano, sits just 81 ...
During a field trip to the Lava Creek Tuff near Shell, Wyoming, scientists discovered evidence of two major volcanic eruptions. | Credit: USGS/Photo by Madison Myers. Scientists in Wyoming have ...
He also said that it’s usual for these eruptions to start with lower flows, then get higher, as it continues. Kilauea volcano has not had an episodic eruption since 1986. “They’re not common ...
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the eruption was caused by a blockage of volcanic gas that began on January 10. The buildup of pressure precipitated the ...
Scientists said “episode 17” of Kilauea Volcano’s ongoing eruption ended at 9:45 a.m. today after low fountaining stopped at the south vent. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said this latest ...
The area on the island of Negros around Kanlaon Volcano, one of 24 active volcanoes in the Southeast Asian nation, was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December. There were no ...
“[The grassfire] was ignited by superheated ballistic fragments that were thrown out of the crater by the explosive eruption [of Kanlaon Volcano],” said Phivolcs. Meanwhile, Alert Level 3 ...
Despite this, he clarified that Kanlaon’s previous eruptions were phreatic and that the last time Kanlaon released lava was in 1902. “'Yung Kanlaon Volcano from time to time, nagkakaroon ng phreatic ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains Tuesday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. Lava fountains have reached heights of 1,000 feet ...