News articles tagged with 'eruption' (Page 8)
Solar eruption seen in unprecedented detail
— 28 May 2008 09:12 | AstronomyOn 9 April the Sun erupted and blasted a bubble of hot, ionised gas into the solar system. The eruption was observed in unprecedented detail by a fleet of spacecraft, revealing new…
Chaiten Volcano captured blasting ash
— 8 May 2008 11:22 | Geology and palaeontologyChile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5…
Chaiten Volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region
— 7 May 2008 15:57 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Chaiten Volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the 'Andean Arc' region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists,…
The 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru caused global disruption
— 24 Apr 2008 13:31 | Geology and palaeontologyThe 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society, according to a new study of contemporary records by geologists at UC Davis. The eruption is known to…
ESA's Venus Express reboots the search for active volcanoes on Venus
— 4 Apr 2008 15:24 | AstronomyESA's Venus Express has measured a highly variable quantity of the volcanic gas sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus. Scientists must now decide whether this is evidence for active…
New theory sheds light on space enigma
— 27 Feb 2008 16:10 | AstronomyAn enormous plume of dust and water spurts violently into space from the south pole of Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon. This raging eruption has intrigued scientists ever since…
A fresh look inside Mount St. Helens
— 20 Feb 2008 11:16 | Geology and palaeontologyVolcanoes are notoriously hard to study. All the action takes place deep inside, at enormous temperatures. So geophysicists make models, using what they know to develop theories about…
First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica
— 22 Jan 2008 04:33 | Geology and palaeontologyThe first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica's most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic…
Molten rock fills Yellowstone volcano at record rate
— 9 Nov 2007 11:59 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Yellowstone 'supervolcano' rose at a record rate since mid-2004, likely because a Los Angeles-sized, pancake-shaped blob of molten rock was injected 6 miles beneath the slumbering…
Dinosaur deaths outsourced to India?
— 29 Oct 2007 18:05 | Geology and palaeontologyA series of monumental volcanic eruptions in India may have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, not a meteor impact in the Gulf of Mexico. The eruptions, which created the gigantic…