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ICAO develops new tools against volcanic dust
On June 27, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced a series of new tools that greatly reduce the impact of volcanic dust on future international…
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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…
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Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico is about to erupt
The National Disaster Center (Cenapred) has raised the warning level to the third gold level, the third high. Many schools around the 5454m high mountain have been close…
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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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Europe's highest volcano erupted violently
Europe's highest and most active volcano peak, Etna, woke up for the fifth time this year, erupting lava and dust into the sky.
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Indonesia: Many volcanoes are in alarm condition
Indonesia's National Disaster Reduction Agency (NDMA) warned that seven volcanoes along the country's islands are in alarming state.
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A wake up volcano in Indonesia
Dust and gas erupt from one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes today, making people in the surrounding villages worry, but the government has not issued an evacuation…
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Close-up of the new island formed on the Red Sea
Strong movements and eruptions of an ocean bottom volcano led to the formation of a new island in the Red Sea.
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A new island can grow in the mid-Atlantic
The eruption of a volcano under the Atlantic Ocean could lead to the formation of a new island near Spain, scientists predict.
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The explosion in the ground can be caused by volcanic lava
Experts from the Vietnam Geological Society said that the loud explosions in the ground downstream of Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam (Quang Nam) could be caused by volcanic…