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Predict the wake of the super volcano Yellowstone
Although it seems to be sleeping, the Yellowstone super volcano (USA) can erupt lava in the future, and scientists are trying to improve predictability when Yellowstone…
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Super volcano discovered in Hong Kong
Hong Kong geologists (China) claim to have identified the location of a super volcano located on this special zone. This is also the first discovery of a super volcano i…
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See the smallest mountain range on the planet
Rising up to a height of nearly 610m from the flat plain in Central Valley in central California, USA, the Sutter Buttes Mountains are in stark contrast to the surroundi…
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The highest volcano Nicaragua works again
The Nicaragua Geological Research Institute says the San Cristobal volcano has created a cloud of dust that covers an area of up to 48km. Forecast for the next few day…
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Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
Tongariro, the name of one of the three volcanoes in the center of New Zealand's North Island, began operations just before midnight on August 6. Many loud explosions ra…
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The danger of a hidden killer
In the old days, Campi Flegrei was no different from the door of hell that was half-closed. Located along the Bay of Naples, not far from the old city, Pompeii was destr…
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Volcanic 'wake up' in southern Japan
Sakurajima wakes up at night 24/7. The eruption of one of the most active volcanoes in Japan has caused the ash to cover the streets of Kagoshima, about 2 kilometers fro…
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Inside the volcano 4,000 years old
The 4,000-year-old Thrihnukagigur volcano in Reykjavik (Iceland) just stopped working about 40 years ago. It is now considered a sleeping volcano because it can wake up…
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New Zealand: Tongariro volcano can be operated again
On July 20, New Zealand scientists officially warned of unrest and the risk of reactivation of Tongariro volcano in the center of the North Island after the volcano was…
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Scary volcanoes are more than meteorites
Until now, people often thought it would take thousands of years to form giant volcanoes, and these volcanoes were
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'Super volcano' formed faster than expected
The largest volcanoes on Earth, or 'super volcanoes', take only a few hundred years to form and erupt, not hundreds of thousands of years as scientists previously though…
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Indonesia warned level 3 because the volcano Lokon erupted
On the morning of April 24, Lokon volcano in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province erupted. The director of the Information and Public Relations Center under the National…
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Legendary volcano wakes up
The earthquake eruptions occurred on Santorini Island (Greece) about 3600 years ago, thrown out from 40 to 60km3 lava devastating ancient Minoan civilization. This same…
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Iceland: Natural energy from volcanoes
Under the Government's plan, UK houses can be supplied with electricity from volcanoes in Iceland in the next decade. If this system is built it will provide 1/3 of the…
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The volcanic eruption is nearly 10km high
RIA Novosti reported Shiveluch volcanic eruptions - 3283m high - on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began to increase from May 2009. Since then it has regularly spewed dust…