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July 20, 2012
2012: The end of the world or just another year of living in harm's way?
We live on a knife-edge, separated from an ocean of super-heated rock by a wafer-thin and perpetually rupturing crust, swinging our way through a …
June 26, 2012
Five outstanding questions in earth science
Even 15 years after the release of “Good Will Hunting,” there remains something appealing about watching the title character, a mathematically …
February 25, 2012
AAG: Eruption of El Salvador's Ilopango explains A.D. 536 cooling
El Salvador’s Lake Ilopango, near the capital city of San Salvador, is known for boating, diving and the rugged, scenic beauty of its 100 …
January 20, 2012
Voices: Dead or alive ... or neither? Why a dormant volcano is not a dead one
Quite a lot of volcanic activity has been reaching the news lately — Sinabung in northern Sumatra, a possible eruption in the Congo and another …
January 5, 2012
Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga
Blogging on EARTH One of Tonga's submarine volcanoes is awake again, sending spectacular plumes of smoke, ash and steam high into the sky. MSNBC …
January 5, 2012
Scientists assess Redoubt's fury
After a series of five explosive eruptions from Sunday night through Monday morning, Alaska's Redoubt volcano quieted for about 15 hours Monday …
January 5, 2012
Offbeat Betting: Volcano betting gathering steam
You never quite know when a given volcano is going to erupt — but you can bet on it. Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, Paddy Power, jetted to fame …
January 5, 2012
Merapi continues to erupt
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi sent another powerful blast of searing ash and rock into the sky again on Wednesday, marking the volcano's most powerful …
January 5, 2012
Hazardous Living: Thirty years after Mount St. Helens exploded
Thirty years ago today, sometime not long after 8:30 a.m. Pacific time, Mount St. Helens explosively erupted. The shock wave from the eruption …
January 5, 2012
Hazardous Living: Iceland afire
When Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting March 20, few people expected it to wind up wreaking havoc on the world’s travel. Yet …
January 5, 2012
Hazardous Living: Guatemala and Ecuador under volcanic siege ... and other hazards
Guatemala's Pacaya volcano and Ecuador’s Tungurahua vociferously erupted on Thursday, wreaking havoc on villages and cities nearby. Pacaya, …
January 5, 2012
Glaciers, not eruption: False alarm volcano mystery solved
When deep, long-period earthquakes started shaking the area around the Katla volcano on the southern tip of Iceland in 2001, officials feared it …
January 5, 2012
Alaska's Mt. Redoubt erupts at last
Blogging on EARTH After months of threatening and rumbling, Mount Redoubt finally erupted late Sunday night. Redoubt began to exhibit increasing …