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“Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano continues to erupt a thick plume of ash. A NASA satellite captured the image on May 11, 2010, when the ash was streaming almost directly south, visibly extending at least 860 kilometers (530 miles) from Eyjafjallajökull.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory website.
Tags: africa, alaska, australia, canada, geology-news, michigan, united-states, volcano, washingtonIn this video, Katey Walter Anthony, University of Alaska Fairbanks, demonstrates how methane is released in abundance from frozen lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, australia, canada, energy, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, lakes, marcellus-shale, michigan, united-states, virginia“Thick ice stranded dozens of ships in the Baltic Sea in late February and early March 2010. By March 5, icebreakers had managed to free the vessels that collectively carried thousands of passengers, the Agence France-Presse reported. Ice—largely broken into pieces of varying sizes—fills most of the gulf.
Tags: africa, alaska, archaeology, baltic, europe, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, michigan, united-statesThe Ground Truth Trekking Blog has a collection of articles on the theme of “Coal in Alaska”. The state has enormous coal resources from lignite through anthracite – but it can be hard to transport the coal to distant markets at a competitive price.
Tags: alaska, california, earth sciences, energy, Geology.com, Jobs, michigan, power, united-statesThe White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
Tags: africa, alaska, europe, florida, geology-news, Jobs, massachusetts, universityThe White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, eruption, europe, Geology.com, mexico, university, virginia, volcanic-eruption, washington“A massive eruption of Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills Volcano covered large portions of the island in debris. The eruption was triggered by a collapse of Soufrière Hills’ summit lava dome on February 11, 2010. Pyroclastic flows raced down the northern flank of the volcano, leveling trees and destroying buildings in the village of Harris, abandoned after
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, alaska, geophysics, marcellus-shale, michigan, redoubt-volcano, soufriere-hills, united-states, volcano, volcanoesAn ash eruption at Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat has disrupted commercial fights and closed airports.
Tags: alaska, australia, caribbean sea, earth-observatory, europe, hills, Jobs, pennsylvania, soufriere, volcano, washingtonThe PhotoVolcanica website has an interesting page that presents photos, maps and images of Sakurajima Volcano and its potential impact on surrounding communities – over 400 eruptions were reported in 2009.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, alaska, earth, Geology.com, geophysics, japan, marcellus-shale, mexico, michigan, natural hazards, pennsylvania, philippines, redoubt-volcano, united-statesThe Mainichi Daily News has a photograph showing ash and steam emerging from the ocean’s surface above the vent of Fukutokuoka no Ba Volcano which erupted yesterday near Iwo Jima.
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