Environment
Colombia alarms high on Nevado del Ruiz volcano
Colombia's National Institute of Environment and Weather (IDEAM) on April 8 issued a high alert to residential areas near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Caldas and Tolim…
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Environment
The world is about to have a new volcanic disaster
Scientists say they recorded more than 500 tremors in and around Katla Crater last month and it is likely that an eruption is imminent.
Environment
Antarctica is rising
New Hampshire reports Donald Argus, a scientist from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), and colleagues using global positioning satellites data for 15 years to track Antarc…
Environment
The world's first artificial volcano
While exploring underground rock layers in Hawaii, the workers of an American company accidentally hit magma and their drill created a volcano.
Environment
The block of Vesmasius is emerging
The magma beneath the Vesuvius mountain range has been rising to the surface in more than 20,000 years, according to a new study.
Environment
Volcanic activity in Reunion Island increased sharply
Flow of lava, magma of Piton volcano on French Reunion island of Mascareignes archipelago in the Indian Ocean, has erupted higher than 200 meters.
Environment
A new ocean is forming
Scientists predict that within a few million years a gap of about 60km in the Afar valley (belonging to Ethiopia and Eritrea) could become a new ocean in Africa.
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Nature's work (part 1)
Have you ever seen a river flowing long with temperatures up to thousands of degrees Celsius? The lava of a volcano can destroy everything in its path.
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Find the key to predict the volcanic eruption
Research indicates that the precise determination of how magma moves is the key to predicting volcanic eruptions.