Continuing Subsea Volcanic Activity Off the Canary Islands
Volcanic activity continues south of El Hierro Island in the Canary Island chain. The cone is growing and is now about 60 meters below the surface. Will it produce a new island?
Interesting Photos from the Canary Islands Eruption
The Eruptions blog has interesting photos and commentary on the continuing subsea volcanic activity near the Canary Islands in a post titled: “ Mixing Magmas at the Ongoing El Hierro Eruption “.
Tags: atlantic-ocean, current-events, earth sciences, eruptions, geology, Geology.com, hierro, meteorites, mexico, pennsylvania, south-carolina, volcanoesEl Hierro Eruption Approaches the Ocean’s Surface
The summit of the volcano off the coast of the Canary Island named El Hierro is still about 70 meters below the surface but evidence of the eruption is obvious.
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A subsurface volcanic eruption continues off of the Canary Islands. This video shows a large pocket of gas erupting from the water . Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy
Tags: astronomy, atlantic-ocean, canary, environment, geology, Jobs, massachusetts, middle-east, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, satellite images, washington, waterSubmarine Volcanic Eruption at El Hierro, Canary Islands
A volcanic eruption under the sea south of El Hierro Island produces a milky green plume in the marine waters. The plume is most likely caused by volcanic gases, pulverized pumice and sea floor sediments.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, atlantic-ocean, canary-islands, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquakes, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, satellite images, virginia, volcanoesHurricane Katia Expected to Track into the Atlantic
Hurricane Katia is a Category One storm off the east coast of the United States. During the next few days it is expected to track east out into the Atlantic Ocean .
Tags: ads-by-google, atlantic-ocean, california, earthquakes, hurricane-earl, hurricane-katia, Jobs, marcellus-shale, nationalPetermann Ice Island
In August 2010 a large “ice island” about four times the size of Manhattan broke from the Petermann Glacier on the northwestern coast of Greenland . Now the “Petermann Ice Island” is about the size of Manhattan and drifting off the coast of Labrador .
Newfoundland’s Hebron Offshore Oilfield
ExxonMobil has submitted its application to develop the Hebron oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland . Platform and development well costs are estimated at over $8 billion with the first oil being produced in 2017.
Tags: astronomy, atlantic-ocean, canada, climate-change, energy, geology, middle-east, satellite images, united-states, virginiaGiant Seamounts in the South Atlantic
In the latest evidence of the vastness remaining to be explored in the world’s oceans, scientists aboard Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego’s research vessel Melville are mapping a series of colossal and previously uncharted undersea mountains in remote areas of the South Atlantic Ocean . “These particular seamounts are so steep that it was nerve-wracking to go from 3,000 meters (9,840 feet) of water to less than 500 meters (1,640 feet) in 15 or 20 minutes!”
Tags: atlantic-ocean, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, Jobs, mexico, middle-east, north-atlantic, oceanography, pennsylvania, satellite images, south, texasOldest Person to Row Across the Atlantic
Tom Butscher, 67, of Canada recently became the oldest person to row across the Atlantic Ocean .
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