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23 Sep 2017

Fearing eruption, thousands in Bali flee from Mount Agung

Authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the highest level yesterday following a "tremendous increase" in seismic activity. It last erupted in 1963, killing 1,100 people.

13 Aug 2017

Largest volcanic region on Earth discovered under Antarctica

The newly discovered volcanoes range in height from 100 to 3,850 metres. All of them are covered in thick layers of ice.

05 May 2017

Revealed- How world's biggest volcanoes are formed

The study found that the volcanoes were formed along twin tracks due to a shift in the Pacific plates direction three million years ago.

India's Deccan Traps

13 Feb 2017

India's Deccan Traps formed by two eruptions: Study

Previous studies have suggested it came about due to an eruption associated with a plume that now lies directly below Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, about 66 million years ago.

24 Jun 2016

Volcanoes go quite silent before eruption

Seismic quietness occurs immediately before volcanoes erupt and can, thus, be used to forecast an impending eruption for restless volcanoes, say researchers.

Volcanic ash clouds

12 May 2016

Watch – How NASA satellites help track dangerous volcanic clouds!

Data from NASA earth-observing satellites is improving the ability to detect and forecast the hazard to aviation from volcanic clouds.

04 May 2016

Volcanoes erupted beneath ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago

The new findings could help reveal if the Martian environment had flowing water and was once habitable.

12 Dec 2015

Volcanoes sparked `Jurassic ice age`

The scientists found that the cooling coincided with a large-scale volcanic event, called the North Sea Dome.

07 Dec 2015

Japan's Mt Aso erupts, spews smoke 700 metres into air

Monday's eruption marked the first time Mt. Aso had erupted since October 23, with the latest eruption sending plumes of smoke about 700 metres above the first crater of Mt. Nakadake, which is one of the five peaks comprising the volcano.

volcanic eruptions

06 Oct 2015

Volcanic eruptions effect river flow

Scientists did a research to better understand how big volcanic eruptions, which can trigger a shortage of rainfall, can impact rivers.

15 Sep 2015

World's longest continental volcanic chain in Australia

The world's longest chain of continental volcanoes has been discovered stretching for over 2,000 km along eastern Australia, a study showed on Tuesday.

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