14
May
Sequester forces cuts in volcano monitoring
The budget to monitor volcanoes in Alaska has been halved by recent cuts.
14
May
Sequester forces cuts in volcano monitoring
The budget to monitor volcanoes in Alaska has been halved by recent cuts.
02
Apr
Radar watches Hawaii volcano’s magmatic ‘breathing’
Technology combines lidar topography and synthetic aperture radar from a German satellite.
25
Feb
21
Jan
03
Jan
07
Nov
Satellites could help predict volcano eruptions
New research shows volcanoes “inflating” prior to erupting, a change that could be detected from space.
28
Sep
China volcano shows signs of unrest
Volcano last erupted 1,100 years ago and is widely considered among most cataclysmic eruptions during past 2,000 years.
24
Sep
Shiprock gives the impression of having been volcanically thrust out from the sands of the Mancos desert, but this isn’t the case. Shiprock is indeed a volcano but of a class called a “diatreme”, having formed explosively from gas-charged magma escaping at great velocity. It possessed a crater at the surface called a “maar”, but erosion has long since removed it along with much of the sedimentary strata through which it erupted.
16
Sep
Where Yelllowstone’s supervolcano is likely to erupt
Scientists suspect that Yellowstone is capable of an eruption covering half the U.S. in 3 feet of ash, there are no signs of imminent outbursts.
15
Sep
NASA offers bird’s-eye view of Guatemala volcano
This is the second large eruption for Fuego this year, and likely the biggest in a decade.
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