A cavernous lava tube was this week confirmed to exist beneath the surface of the moon.
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Tag Archives: Volcanology
Nearly 50,000 evacuate from around Bali’s rumbling volcano
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 25, 2017) (REUTERS) – Nearly 50,000 residents in Bali have evacuated amid fears that Mount Agung could erupt imminently, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency on Monday (September 25). Continue reading
Volcano eruption caught on mobile device in Guatemala
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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Scientists suggest volcanic eruptions formed Snowball Earth
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
Mexico volcano eruption
Time lapse video shows the Popcatepetl volcano in Mexico erupting in a dramatic show of ash, water vapour and gas. Continue reading
New Pluto images may reveal cryovolcanoes
New images released taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft indicate two of Pluto’s most distinctive mountains could be cryovolcanoes.
Volcano erupts on island of suspected MH370 wreckage
(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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