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| Volcano Tourism: Visits Come with Peril LiveScience.com Visiting a volcano comes with all the dangers of climbing a mountain, and then some. Worldwide, more tourists are exploring volcanoes, but they can encounter surprise eruptions, toxic gas emissions — think misty clouds of hydrochloric acid — and … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Volcanoes and Hurricanes: Mortal Enemies, Best Friends? Wired News It likely didn’t cause the eruption (that was an injection of magma into the system over the prior few weeks), but it could have played a role in pushing the volcano pass the “tipping point” for an eruption. ** This eruption is listed in the paper as … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Complete Geologic Map of Io Shows 425 Volcanoes But No Craters Geekosystem Io, for example, has a vast sulfur landscape and hundreds upon hundreds of active volcanoes. Now, for the first time, we have a full geologic map of the moon’s surface, indexing all of its harsh alien glory, including 425 volcanoes and not a single … See all stories on this topic » |
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| New Geologic Map Reveals Solar System’s Most Volcanic World Voice of America With 425 volcanoes dotting its surface, Io is more than 25 times more volcanically active than the Earth, yet this innermost of Jupiter’s larger satellites is only slightly bigger than our Moon. Io’s varied surface features include mountains, … See all stories on this topic » |
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| After a rest, Greek volcano gathers magma Futurity: Research News (Credit: Georgia Tech) GEORGIA TECH (US) — After more than 60 years of inactivity, the magma chamber of a Greek volcano is filling up again. A picturesque island in the Aegean Sea, Santorini is a tourist magnet, famous for its breathtaking, … See all stories on this topic » |
