Tag: Volcanology
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings −...
Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air...
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist...
Jaime Toro, West Virginia University
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík,...
Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s...
Gabi Laske, University of California, San Diego
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains...
Why the ‘Child of Krakatau’ volcano is still dangerous – a...
Thomas Giachetti, University of Oregon
On Dec. 22 at 9:03 p.m. local time, a 64-hectare (158-acre) chunk of Anak Krakatau volcano, in Indonesia, slid into...
Each volcano has unique warning signs that eruption is imminent
Tracy K.P. Gregg, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Mount Agung in Bali has been thrusting ash thousands of feet into the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many...
