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Europe’s tallest active volcano has been spewing lava for three weeks — and now its raining stones and ash on the villages below
Italy’s famed active volcano, Etna, has been spewing lava for over three weeks. On Sunday, March 7,…
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NASA scientists say the Tonga volcano eruption shot out the highest ash plume satellites have ever captured
The Tonga volcano shot a plume of ash 36 miles high, into the third layer of Earth's atmosphere. Th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Ancient tools found in India suggest the Toba supervolcano eruption didn't leave humanity on the brink of extinction
When the Toba supervolcano erupted 74,000 years ago, it was one of the most devastating events to e…
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Tsunami triggered by a huge volcanic eruption under the Pacific ocean left towns across Tonga damaged, say reports
The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption has left towns flooded and the capital Nuku'alofa cl…
Bethany Dawson
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Scientists found a massive lithium deposit inside an ancient US volcano that could be a game-changer for American clean energy but spell disaster for Native Americans
The new findings could translate to more than 132 million tons of lithium on US soil, which helps m…
Rebecca Cohen,Jessica Orwig
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The biggest volcano eruptions in recorded history
Next is VEI-1, a gentle eruption that can happen frequently. Italy's Mt. Stromboli has been eruptin…
Rob Ludacer,Rob Ludacer
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Deutsche Bank says a giant volcanic eruption and another deadly pandemic are among the 'catastrophic' disasters that could devastate the world economy in the next 10 years
The four biggest risks are: a major influenza pandemic killing two million, a catastrophic volcanic…
Saloni Sardana
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A comet may have melted one of the world’s oldest civilisations to a crisp at more than 2,200 degrees Celsius
Abu Hureyra, one of the world’s oldest civilisations, might have been crushed by cosmic collisi…
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What if all the world's supervolcanoes erupted at once
And keep in mind that ash travels. When Toba erupted 74,000 years ago, winds blew ash all the way t…
Andrea Schmitz,Shira Polan
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The 20 most dangerous volcanoes in the US, ranked
The overall threat score looks at 24 factors including how often it erupts, how powerful its erupti…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Not an asteroid but massive volcanic eruptions in India might have set off mass extinction 66 million years ago
"For the first time, we can provide insights into the distinct climatic and environmental …
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Satellite photos show Hawaii's Kilauea volcano filling an entire ocean bay with a river of hot lava
"Kapoho Bay is gone. Wiped out. Completely filled in with lava," wrote Hawaii News Now. The outlet …
Dave Mosher
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Powerful volcanic eruptions will likely get more frequent in the future, scientists say
Scientists say Earth's glacial ice is melting at an unprecedented rate due to climate change. Betwe…
Jeremy Berke
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More Earthquakes Jolt Iceland Volcano
The dike could reach the surface of the crust, starting an eruption. In this scenario, it is most l…
Reuters,Michael B Kelley
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Geologists Finally Identify The Trigger For Devastating Super-Volcanoes
The two studies should provide useful pointers as to the frequency of super-volcano events, the aut…
Agence France Presse
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The head of AI for Microsoft's cloud says that its new tools will 'make this stuff really simple' for even the biggest customers
The idea behind Azure AI to create tools that help companies accelerate the work they do, and make …
Ashley Stewart
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The stock market just showed that its biggest fear is overblown
That was the warning issued by Alain Bokobza, the head of global asset allocation at Societe Genera…
Joe Ciolli
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A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…