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Elephants enter a volcanic cave in search of salt to eat
Large herbivores such as elephants often look for natural mineral deposits to replenish their sodium intake because minerals from plants and water are not sufficiently s…
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Environment
Reveal an unexplored island in Antarctica
Sif Island with a layer of brown volcanic granite and traces of creatures appear due to melting ice in Antarctica.
Archeology
Discover traces of other humans living in the 'volcanic winter'
Archaeologists have found incredible traces of other human beings who wandered in India 74,000 years ago, now dead by the Toba volcano winter.
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The human brain turns into glass when a volcano erupts near Naples
Scientists discovered fragmented glass fragments in the human skull caused by heat of 520 degrees Celsius in a volcanic disaster in Europe in AD79.
Environment
The horseshoe-shaped island erupted 4,000 years ago
The intense eruption caused Deception volcano to collapse into flooded pans, even boats that could run straight inside.
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New evidence reveals volcanoes are active on Venus
A new study, led by the University Space Research Association (USRA), published Tuesday in Science Advances shows that the lava flow on Venus may be only a few years old…
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Experimenting with 13,000-year-old ash and ash, scientists investigated why volcanic lightning formed
Researchers learn about the most dangerous natural phenomena on Earth but are also breathtakingly beautiful.
Life
Tsunami from Anak Krakatoa volcano can be as high as 150 meters
The wave created after volcanic activity led to a large erosion of the geological wall in the mountain wall and fell to the sea floor.
Archeology
Mysterious 50 skeletons intact in the bunker in a 2,000-year volcanic disaster
Scientists have a headache after discovering the basement with about 50 intact skeletons, during the Pompeii volcano disaster in Roman times.
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Humans can become extinct at any time
According to Oxford University scientists, the highest probability that 100% of Earth's population will perish is 1 in 14,000.
Environment
Volcanic eruptions create new islands
An undersea volcanic eruption in the south Pacific Ocean engulfed one island and created another three times larger.
Environment
See active volcanoes around the world
Volcanoes help scientists decipher the inner workings of our planet and how eruptions form life on Earth's surface.
Environment
Human emissions are 100 times more volcanic eruptions
Every year, human activity releases carbon, which causes the climate to warm up, 100 times more than when all the volcanoes on Earth were active, a decades-long study pu…
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The mysterious world of undersea volcanoes and lava off the Italian coast
Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea near southwestern Italy is a newly discovered volcanic complex, dotted with geothermal chimneys and subturned peaks.