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Spectators flock to Iceland volcano

Curious onlookers made their way Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the fissure appeared in an uninhabited valley......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 4th, 2022

On Hawaii"s Kilauea, little stresses add up

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is one of the most active in the world. Its eruption in 2018 was its largest in 200 years and among the costliest volcanic disasters in U.S. history. Devastating as it was to the Hawaiian landscape, Kilauea's eruption proved.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2024

A Filipino fruit dove reveals its secrets

In May 1953, Filipino ornithologist D. S. Rabor collected a single female fruit dove on the forested slopes of an active volcano on the Philippine island of Negros. The small apple-green bird, which had yellow edgings on its wings and prominent circl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2024

Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars

On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from the beaches, and glaciers dot the black slopes of what is actually an active volcano—a rare clash of ice and fire that provides clues to scientists about what life could look like on Mars......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 2nd, 2024

Seaweed "could survive nuclear war, avert famine," says new study

Imagine a catastrophic event that blocked out the sun, such as the eruption of a large volcano, or even a nuclear war......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 26th, 2024

Icelanders see little chance of return after volcano destroys homes

Icelanders forced from their town by a dramatic volcanic eruption face never returning home, after lava engulfed several homes in the town, something the island nation had not seen in five decades......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 18th, 2024

Reimagining rehabilitation: Iceland"s open prisons offer a blueprint for UK"s foreign national prisoners

A new study suggests the UK prison system should learn lessons from Icelandic prisons to transform the lives of foreign national prisoners. The work was published in the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJan 16th, 2024

Iceland eruption confirms faultline has reawakened: Expert

A volcanic eruption that has engulfed homes in an Icelandic fishing port confirms that a long-dormant faultline running under the country has woken up, threatening to belch out lava with little warning for years to come, an expert warned on Tuesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 16th, 2024

Iceland faces daunting period after lava from volcano destroys homes in fishing town, president says

Iceland's president said the country is battling "tremendous forces of nature" after molten lava from a volcano in the island's southwest consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 15th, 2024

Evidence of one of the largest explosive eruptions ever recorded in the Aegean Sea

The Greek archipelago of Santorini consists of the remains of a powerful volcano. Members of the international IODP expedition "Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field" have now found evidence of one of the largest eruptions ever recorded in the southern Aegean.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 15th, 2024

Volcano lava flows into Icelandic village, engulfing homes

Lava flowing from a volcano that erupted on Sunday near the Icelandic fishing port of Grindavik has engulfed at least three homes just hours after villagers were evacuated to safety, authorities said......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 15th, 2024

Extreme rituals: What"s the social role of violence in these cultural events?

Published in the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior, a study led by the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) evaluated and mapped the perceptions of over a thousand spectators participating in the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods, a cele.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 5th, 2024

Juno makes its first ultra-close flyby of the volcano-covered moon Io

"The cumulative effect of all that radiation has begun to show." Enlarge / Juno flyby of Io on Dec. 30, 2023. (credit: NASA) On Saturday NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter for the better part of a d.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJan 2nd, 2024

Watch: 8 hurt as massive wave smashes into beach spectators near Los Angeles

Watch: 8 hurt as massive wave smashes into beach spectators near Los Angeles.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 29th, 2023

Residents of Iceland village near volcano that erupted are allowed to return home

Residents of the small Icelandic fishing village near where a volcano erupted were told Friday they could return home......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 22nd, 2023

Mapping magma chambers under the Hunga volcano before and after the 2022 eruption

A small team of geologists, volcanologists and Earth scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, in the U.S., the GNS Science, Wairakei Research Center, in New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, in New.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 22nd, 2023

Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings—a geologist explains what"s happening

Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air in its early hours......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 20th, 2023

Photos: Rivers and fountains of red-gold volcanic lava light up the dark skies in Icelandic town

Rivers of lava spewed from a fissure in the mountainside, snaking downwards and erupting in fountains of red and gold molten rock when the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted this week near a small fishing town in southwestern Iceland......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 20th, 2023

Will the eruption of the volcano in Iceland affect flights and how serious is it?

Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes rattled the area in rec.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 19th, 2023

Iceland volcano eruption calms as lava flow eases

An Icelandic volcano that erupted and spewed lava into the sky overnight near a power plant was less active Tuesday, after weeks of intense seismic activity southwest of Reykjavik......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 19th, 2023

Iceland volcano erupts weeks after thousands were evacuated from a town on Reykjanes Peninsula

A volcano erupted Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and putting the country's civil defense on high alert......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 19th, 2023