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Icelandic volcanoes can inflict the whole world
When a volcano in Iceland operated in 1783, many people in Britain died of poison gas, the European crop failed to spread the famine.
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Undersea volcano threatens Italy
Europe's largest undersea volcano can wake up anytime and create a tsunami on the southern coast of Italy.
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Volcanoes erupted again on the glacier
About 700 people in Iceland left their homes after smoke and dust rose from a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier.
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Volcanoes in Iceland wake up after 200 years
A volcano in southern Iceland operated after nearly two centuries of quiet sleep, blowing dust and towering lava columns.
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Huge smoke column rising from the sea
A volcano in the Japanese seabed woke up, creating a column of dust and smoke as high as a 30-storey building on the water. Scientists predict that this eruption could c…
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Africa's strongest volcano erupted
Africa's most powerful active volcano Nyamuragira in Congo suddenly erupted violently on January 2, threatening the ecology of a national park.
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Discover 5 new volcanoes in the Andes
Two volcanic researchers from the Institute of Geophysics of Ecuador University have announced the discovery of five volcanoes in the Andes in the South American nation.
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Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts lava
On December 15, tens of thousands of villagers in the Philippines had to leave their homes when one of the most active volcanoes in the country erupted.
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Russia is expanding
The largest area of the planet continues to increase thanks to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the Far East.
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250 million years ago, volcanoes erased the entire Earth Forest
Massive volcanic eruptions have wiped out all the forests on Earth 250 million years ago, leaving a planet with only wood-eating mushrooms - new research says.
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NASA brought high-tech sensors into volcanoes
These high-tech sensors have recently been put into a volcano's mouth to control the hot spots and provide early warning if volcanoes start erupting.
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Image of volcanic smoke column
Surrounded by clouds, shots of smoke, dust and steam rising from an active volcano are an impressive illustration of nature's power.
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Fire causes frost
Scientists now prove that terrible volcanic eruptions make the Earth's atmosphere cold, polar and frozen mountains ...
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Scary volcanoes in history
On the occasion of the eruption of Redoubt volcano, Popsci website has reviewed some
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Volcanic dust smoke like an atomic bomb
On March 22, 23, Redoubt volcano in Anchorage, Alaska state of America sprayed 6 times, creating a mushroom-shaped smoke column higher than 15 km, identical to the smoke…