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Never-before-seen chain of volcanoes discovered hiding near the Cook Islands
After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...
Never-before-seen chain of volcanoes discovered hiding on the Pacific seafloor
After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...
After decades of quiet, this Alaska volcano could be ready to blow
Scientists warn that the Alaska volcano Mount Spurr is likely to erupt soon, showering ash on Anchorage and potentially ...
Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii spews lava 700 feet high, leaving visitors "gasping in amazement"
Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning ...
Scientists confirm the Moon once had a huge ocean made of lava
Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...
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Alaska's Largest Eruptions in the Past 10,000 Years
With Spurr rumbling near Anchorage, let's look at some of the largest eruptions in the most volcanically active state of the ...
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Earth's orbit may trigger massive volcanic eruptions
Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...
Kilauea volcano’s sporadic eruption resumes in Hawaii as lava pours out of a summit vent
Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed.
What is Mount Spurr? What to know about the Alaska volcano that could erupt soon
Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.
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Volcano Watch: A collapse at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, like Kilauea’s in 2018?
March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...
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Volcano Watch: A collapse at Maunaloa’s summit in 1868, like Kīlauea’s in 2018?
The known sequence of Maunaloa’s 1868 events began with an eruptive phase beginning at about dawn March 27 at the summit, lasting a couple of hours. Seismicity escalated thereafter, with Kaʻū ...
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How to prepare for a likely volcano eruption in Southcentral Alaska
Its Crater Peak, the southern vent of Spurr volcano, has erupted four times in the last 100 years: in 1953, and three times in 1992. In two of those eruptions, about a quarter-inch of ashfall ...