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Do you know about the volcano that has the same rights as a human person?
New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki, an active volcano revered by the Māori …
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Scientists have found frost on Mars’ volcano peaks, enough to fill 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
We Earthlings are all too familiar with frost. That crisp, white layer we see on cold mornings is a…
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The world's most isolated settlement sits at the foot of an active volcano in the South Atlantic Ocean. See what life there is like.
The economy relies on the export of crawfish, known as Tristan rock lobster, but tourism also makes…
Rachel Askinasi
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Tonga volcanic eruption of 2022 depleted huge amounts of ozone rapidly, research finds
The Tongan volcanic eruption of 2022 caused large, rapid depletion of ozone by injecting huge amoun…
PTI
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After rescuing a hiker near Iceland's erupting volcano, police are urging tourists to stay away
A volcano in Iceland has been erupting since Monday night. Police are cautioning tourists that the …
Joey Hadden
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Mount Etna, Italy's famed volcano, is again ejecting lava into the Sicilian sky. This is what it looks like.
Mount Etna lights up the night sky with eruptions seen from Mount Salto Del Cane in Italy.Etna Walk…
Katie Balevic
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The owners of a volcano are denying responsibility for visitors' safety after 22 deaths
The company, which owns White Island/Whakaari, argued that it had no control over day-to-day activi…
Joshua Zitser
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Iceland builds wall to try to stop lava before volcano erupts
Iceland is building a wall to try to divert lava before the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupts. Thousand…
Iceland volcano erupts, creating miles-long fissure in earth's surface
A volcano erupted in Iceland's most densely populated area on December 18. It is the largest erupti…
Iceland builds wall to try to stop lava before volcano erupts
Iceland is building a wall to try to divert lava before the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupts. Thousand…
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Dozens are trapped in highway tunnels and rock quarries after the devastating Taiwan earthquake: reports
Taiwan was hit by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, toppling buildings and trapping 70 people in rock qua…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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New NASA photos offer a close look at Jupiter's fiery moon with erupting volcanos that dwarf anything on Earth
NASA's Juno spacecraft flew extremely close to Jupiter's eruptive moon Io and took some stunning ph…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Why miners in Indonesia risk their lives to get sulfur from inside an active volcano
In East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners face deadly smoke to mine sulfur, or "devil's gold." Th…
Anita Reza Zein
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Take a look at the rivers of lava flowing out of a fissure caused by Iceland's volcano eruption
In the footage, fountains of lava can be seen erupting from the fissure, lighting up the sky, and s…
Kai Xiang Teo
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A huge underwater volcano blast formed a new island off the coast of Japan
The 328-foot-wide island emerged in the Ogasawara Island chain, about half a mile from Iwoto.
Marianne Guenot
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Photos show the world's largest active volcano erupting in Hawaii for the first time in almost 40 years
Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano has erupted for the first time since 1984, creating stunning scenes as o…
Sinéad Baker
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I live next to an Icelandic volcano that's about to blow. I wanted to be closer to nature, but not that close.
A dike of magma is rising under the Icelandic town of Grindavik. A resident describes what it's lik…
Marianne Guenot
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Molten lava flowing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island threatens to block the island's main highway
Molten lava flowing from the Mauna Loa volcano is threatening to cross the main highway on Hawaii's…