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Volcanoes change human history
Volcanic activity in Iceland has made the world reel in the past few days, but its influence is very small compared to many other volcanoes in the past.
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With the environment, aircraft are more frightening than volcanoes
About 150,000 to 300,000 tons of CO2 escape from the crater in Iceland every day, much less than the emissions generated by European aircraft.
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Indonesia wants to take advantage of volcanoes to make electricity
The Indonesian government has just announced an ambitious plan to take advantage of huge volcanic heat in the country to produce electricity.
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2010 - the number of people killed by unusually high natural disasters
The number of deaths due to natural disasters worldwide changes every year and often tends to increase. Disaster experts say that increase is due in part to an increase…
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Italy established a committee for monitoring volcanoes under the sea
The Italian government has signed a special decree on the establishment of an international scientific committee to study and monitor marine volcanoes in the country.
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Volcanoes will spray more because of climate change
Global warming can increase the number of dangerous geological events such as volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides.
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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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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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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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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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Scary volcanoes in history
On the occasion of the eruption of Redoubt volcano, Popsci website has reviewed some