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  • May 2008

    • Volcanic Plume Blankets S. America

      Philippine Daily Inquirer  |  May 7, 08 8:04 PM CDT

      Volcanic Plume Blankets S. America

      (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 city streets and health officials urging people to don masks. More »

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

    • Chilean Volcano Keeps Rumbling

      Associated Press  |  May 6, 08 1:53 PM CDT

      Chilean Volcano Keeps Rumbling

      (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, and navy ships evacuated any that remained today. More »

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

  • April 2008

    • Evacuations Ordered Around Hawaiian Volcano

      Honolulu Advertiser  |  Apr 9, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      Evacuations Ordered Around Hawaiian Volcano

      (Newser) - Officials ordered the evacuation of Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park yesterday due to potentially poisonous fumes seeping from two craters. Voluntary evacuations of nearby towns were also announced, but few people have left, reports the Honolulu Advertiser . "We still remain on alert and we're going to monitor 24/7 to make sure people are safe," says the Big Island's mayor. More »

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      Hawaii  • volcanoes  • Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

  • March 2008

    • Top 10 Planet Earth Puzzlers

      LiveScience  |  Mar 16, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Top 10 Planet Earth Puzzlers

      (Newser) - Forget deep-space exploration; even basic questions about Earth still have scientists scratching their heads, LiveScience reports. A panel of geologists and planetary scientists lists its top lingering mysteries. How did Earth form into such a distinct body? What happened during Earth's first 500 million years? How did life start on this planet? What’s happening inside Earth and how does this affect the surface? More »

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      earthquake  • Earth  • aerospace  • biology  • scientists  • geology  • universe  • volcanoes  • Earth's interior

  • January 2008

    • Earth's Mystery Core Plumbed

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 27, 08 9:32 AM CST

      Earth's Mystery Core Plumbed

      (Newser) - Climate change has sparked heated debate about the Earth’s surface, but a controversial new theory is directing scientists to its core, Der Spiegel reports. To explain why contintental plates drift on the surface of the Earth's molten mantle, Maruyama Shigenori, a leading geophysicist, argues that continents actually have life cycles. Old, cold plates on continental fringes sink to “plate graveyards” deep in the Earth’s mantle, and then rise again, creating volcanoes. More »

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      Japan  • Earth  • geology  • volcanoes  • tectonic plates  • Earth's interior  • molten rock  • continents

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