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Tag Archives: Volcanism

05May/17

Volcano eruption caught on mobile device in Guatemala

May 5, 2017EnvironmentAlotenango, Disaster/Accident, Environment, Fuego, Geology, Guatemala, Guatemala City, Insivumeh, Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Volcán de Fuego, Volcanism, Volcano, Volcanologysmbale

ALOTENANGO, GUATEMALA (MAY 05, 2017) (VERTICAL) (JOSE RENE) – Amateur video shot on a mobile device showed ash and cloud rising from Guatemala’s Fuego volcano on Friday (May 5).
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17Mar/17

Scientists suggest volcanic eruptions formed Snowball Earth

March 17, 2017ScienceChemical substances, Chemistry, Environment, Geology, Global change, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Io, NEXT MEDIA, Physical sciences, Planetary surface, Plate tectonics, Sulfur, Types of volcanic eruptions, Volcanism, Volcano, Volcanologysmbale

A new theory from scientists at Harvard University posits that atmospheric sulfur resulting from volcanic activity may have led to the Earth’s first and largest ever planetary freezing. Continue reading →

01Aug/15

Volcano erupts on island of suspected MH370 wreckage

August 1, 2015EnvironmentDisaster/Accident, Environment, Fournaise, France, Geology, Igneous petrology, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BERHAD, Petrology, Piton de la Fournaise, Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory, Reunion, Shield volcanoes, Volcanism, Volcano, Volcanoes, Volcanologysmbale

(REUTERS) – A volcano erupted on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion, located east of Madagascar.

The island — officially a part of France — happens to be the site where beachcombers discovered debris from a plane wing, believed to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
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