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Adding a volcano in Iceland can erupt
The economic and health damage caused by Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland may be just the first sign of a worse event.
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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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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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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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Global warming and volcanic impact
Climate researchers have shown that large volcanic eruptions in the past 450 years have helped temporarily cool the climate in tropical regions, but they also claim that…
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'Fire River' attacked people's houses
The red lava flow slowly approached a house in America, burning a wooden staircase before turning the house into a fire.
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River of fire on ice
Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has become a attraction for tens of thousands of tourists in the past days.
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Icelandic volcano eruption, European aviation alert
The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland erupts violently with lava flows fired into the air about 70m high.