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Rising Volcanic Activity Along Western Pacific Rim

Friday, May 17, 2013

Two volcanoes in Alaska and Popocatepetl in Mexico are either erupting or showing signs of activity. As sea levels continue to rise, putting pressure on continental shelves, predictions are that volcanic activity will also increase, as well as seismic activity. Whether or not earthquakes will follow the eruptions of these volcanoes is not known,...

Climate Change Triggers Quakes and Volcanoes

Thursday, July 12, 2012

There is growing evidence that melting ice sheets and sea level changes can trigger earthquakes (NOTE...

Africa Splitting in Two

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

It isn't just war in the Sudan that is tearing apart Africa, it's earthquakes as well. Cracks began to be seen years ago, but it recent months they've increased, meaning that the continent is breaking apart in slow motion.

On the Before it's News website, Axel Bojanowski quotes geologist Cynthia Ebinger as saying, "The volcano...

Why No Volcanoes on the East Coast?

Friday, October 8, 2004

We're waiting to see if Mount St. Helens will erupt again inWashington State, but we never hear about volcanic activityon the East Coast of the U.S. There's a scientific reasonfor this.

Sally Harris writes that the kinds of geological conditionsthere don?t support volcanic activity. Geoscientist R.J.Tracy says, "The active margin of...

Sleeping Volcanoes are Really Alive

Thursday, February 13, 2003

Scientists are surprised to find that four dormant volcanoes in South America are actually active, a discovery that has serious implications for volcanic areas around the world. They used satellite imaging techniques to study the volcanoes and found that 900 of them in the Andes mountains in Chile are still potentially dangerous.

Heavy Rains Make Volcanoes Erupt

Tuesday, September 10, 2002

The most dangerous type of volcanic eruption can be set off by heavy rain, meaning that watching the weather could save lives. This type of eruption is a "dome collapse," which has caused more than 70% of the volcano-related deaths over the past century. "They tend to be big, violent eruptions," says volcanologist John Murray.

The build-...

Mexican Volcanoes About to Blow

Friday, May 24, 2002

A small explosion at Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano caused a light fall of ash on Wednesday. The 17,886-foot Popocatepetl volcano has been erupting off and on since December 1994.

Scientist have recorded low-level tremors within the volcano, which is 40 miles southeast of Mexico City, and several clouds of gas have escaped from its...

More Volcanoes Threaten To Erupt

Friday, February 2, 2001

Volcanoes in the Philippines and Indonesia are threatening to erupt. In the central Philippines, the Mayon volcano puffsout gas and ash, as scientists warn that it may erupt sometime in February. Last year, it drove 68,000 people from their homes. There have also been minor earthquakes around the 8,100 foot mountain.

Its most violent...

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