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volcano stories: 25 news summaries

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 Desert Rift Creating 
 New African Sea—Slowly 

Crack created by volcanic eruption will eventually meet with Red Sea

Nov 3, 09 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Africa is getting a new ocean—in a million years, give or take. It's starting with a 35-mile rift in the Ethiopian desert caused by the eruption of a volcano in 2005. The rift will eventually meet with the Red Sea, allowing the waters to spill in, say scientists. The... More »

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Africa • Ethiopia • volcano • tectonic plates • Red Sea • new ocean in africa

 Giant Rat 
 Found in 
 'Lost Volcano' 

Fanged toads, mini 'Ewoks' among species discovered in New Guinea jungle

Sep 7, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new species of giant rat with no fear of humans has been discovered in a volcanic crater deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. It's the same kind of rat "you find in city sewers"—except it's 32 inches long, said a scientist traveling with a... More »

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BBC • Papua New Guinea • rats • scientists • species • volcano • exotic animals • BBC Films • international • scientific expedition • Bosavi

(Newser) - Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano is rumbling again, and an explosive eruption could come at any time, the Anchorage Daily News reports. “Seismic and rockfall activity increasing,” warned a volcano observatory. “Eruption likely in coming days; could occur at any time with little or no warning.... More »

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Alaska • natural disaster • volcano • eruption • Mount Redoubt • plume • ash • observatory

(AP) - The Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska has had another large eruption after being relatively quiet for nearly a week. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the volcano about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage erupted early today, sending a plume of volcanic ash 50,000 feet into the sky—one of the... More »

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(AP) - Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted again, spewing an ash cloud 50,000 feet up into the air. The Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage says the volcano had a significant eruption after midnight today, and coughed up ash that is expected to move north toward the Alaska Range, missing Anchorage, which... More »

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Alaska • volcano • eruption • Mount Redoubt

 Redoubt Eruption Burns Jindal 

In wake of explosion

Mar 25, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mount Redoubt erupted in Alaska, but Bobby Jindal is feeling the heat in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Democrats are raking the governor over the coals for scoffing at “something called volcano monitoring” as an example of wasteful spending in his televised speech last month. “It’... More »

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Alaska • New Orleans • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • volcano • eruption • Mark Begich • Mount Redoubt

(Newser) - The fifth and largest eruption of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt occurred this morning, sending a plume of ash 60,000 feet above sea level, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The ash is spreading north into inhabited areas, but winds moving toward Anchorage are too high to dump ash there. “... More »

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Alaska • Alaska Airlines • volcano • eruption • volcanic ash • Anchorage • Mount Redoubt • plume

 Alaska Volcano Erupts 

Eruption could come within days, warns geologists

Mar 23, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rumbling Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted three times since late yesterday, reports AP. The first eruption was obscured by darkness and snow, but was detected by the US Geological Survey. Mud slides were possible into the nearly Drift and Crescent rivers after the blast that shot steam 50,000... More »

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Alaska • volcano • eruption • earthquake • Mount Redoubt

 Undersea Volcano Erupts 
 in Pacific 'Ring of Fire' 

It's not yet a threat to islanders, animal life

Mar 19, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Scientists sailed today to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga—shooting smoke, steam, and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. The eruption doesn't pose any danger to islanders at this stage, authorities say, and there have been no... More »

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Pacific Ocean • volcano • tectonic plates • Tonga • Ring of Fire

(Newser) - Alaskans of all stripes are incensed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s disparaging comments Tuesday about the necessity of volcano monitoring, the Anchorage Daily News reports. It’s “a matter of life and death in Alaska,” Sen. Mark Begich wrote the Republican. Even Gov. Sarah Palin’s office... More »

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Alaska • Bobby Jindal • volcano • US Geological Survey • federal spending • economic stimulus package • Sarah Palin • Mark Begich • rebuttal • monitoring • Bill Maher Grid

 Volcano Showers 
 Tokyo With Ash 

Residents warned larger explosion may follow

Feb 2, 09 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Powdery ash showered Tokyo this morning as Japan's Mount Asama volcano erupted 90 miles away, Reuters reports. Smoke burst a mile into the air and rocks flew onto sparse neighboring towns, but there was little damage and no visible lava from the explosion. Scientists have warned people not to approach... More »

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environment • Japan • Earth • Tokyo • volcano • tectonic plates • volcanoes • Mount Asama

Alaska Volcano Continues to Rumble, Fume

Scientists keep wary eye on Mt. Redoubt, near Anchorage

Jan 29, 09 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers are keeping a close eye on Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt, a volcano that could erupt any time, KTUU-TV reports. The peak—located about 110 miles southwest of Anchorage—has seen increased earthquakes and tremors in recent days, CNN adds. Mt. Redoubt last erupted in 1989-90. More »

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Alaska • geology • volcano • eruption • volcanoes • volcanic activity • Anchorage • Mt. Redoubt

(Newser) - The recent rash of earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park has geologists intrigued but unworried; that’s not the case with online doomsayers who think the park's volcano is getting ready to blow, the AP reports. About 900 quakes, most undetectable by humans, hit in the week following Christmas. “Something... More »

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evacuation • natural disaster • Yellowstone • volcano • Internet hoax • earthquake • United States Geological Survey

 Swarm of Quakes 
 Jolts Yellowstone 

Scientists closely monitoring unusual rash of shakers

Dec 30, 08 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Wary scientists are keeping a close eye on developments in Yellowstone National Park after some 250 small quakes jolted the park within three days, AP reports. Yellowstone is no stranger to seismic activity but experts say the number of the quakes is hghly unusual and could signal something bigger brewing... More »

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Yellowstone • tremor • volcano • volcanic activity • earthquake • seismology

 Volcanic Plume
 Blankets S. America 

Ash from Chile eruption closing in on Beunos Aires

May 7, 08 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mammoth plume of ash and smoke from a newly erupted volcano in Chile is slowly working its way across South America and now poses a health risk to the 8 million residents of Beunos Aires, AFP reports. Thousands of residents of southern Chile were evacuated Tuesday, with ash coating... More »

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Chile • Argentina • South America • volcano • volcanoes • disaster

 Chilean Volcano
 Keeps Rumbling 

Area evacuated as lava flies 12 miles into the sky from long-dormant Chaiten

May 6, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The southern Chilean town of Chaiten has been totally evacuated after a volcano, active since Friday, belched molten lava and ash more than 12 miles high, the AP reports. Around 4,000 people have already left the area since the volcano—believed dormant for thousands of years—began acting up,... More »

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Chile • evacuation • volcano • Michelle Bachelet • emergency responders • volcanoes • disaster

 Colombian Volcano Sends
 15,000 Fleeing 

Spitting hot ash; lava could follow

Apr 15, 08 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - As many as 15,000 people living near Colombia's Nevado del Huila volcano were evacuated today as the mountain spit hot ash onto the area. Officials report no injuries, but say it's too early to assess the damage or offer a prognosis for the eruption. "Other types of material... More »

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Colombia • volcano • volcanic ash • volcanic activity • Nevado del Huila

 Hawaiian Volcano Acting Feisty 

Halemaumau's eruption mild for now, but officials well aware of dangers

Mar 25, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii's Big Island is acting up—venting gas and the occasional gobbet of lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is classifying the activity as the crater's first eruption since 1982, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports; scientists are unsure whether the trickle could turn into a larger, more dangerous convulsion.... More »

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Hawaii • Big Island • volcano • national park • Halemaumau Crater • Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Ecuadorian Volcano Explodes

Thousands flee as Andean 'throat of fire' blasts ash

Feb 7, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The massive Tungurahua volcano in the Ecuadoran Andes erupted in smoke and fire yesterday, forcing thousands of villagers to flee. Eleven families who refused to leave the area were removed by force as the volcano shot columns of ash six miles into the air, AP reports. Tungurahua—meaning "throat... More »

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Ecuador • volcano • volcanic activity • Tungurahua

Ancient Antarctic Volcano May Be Linked to Warming

Scientists make 'unique' discovery beneath continent's massive ice sheets

Jan 21, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of what scientists are hailing as the first evidence of a volcanic eruption under Antarctica’s massive ice sheet may be linked to climate change, the BBC reports. British researchers, who discovered evidence of a volcano by analyzing radar data from an air survey, believe the eruption likely... More »

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climate change • environment • sea level • Antarctica • glacier • volcano • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • British Antarctic Survey • volcanic ash

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