Ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano could reach northern Scotland by Tuesday and parts of Britain, France and Spain by Thursday or Friday if the eruption continues at the same intensity, airlines were warned Sunday.
The warning is based on the latest 5-day weather forecasts, but is being treated cautiously because of uncertainties over the way the volcano will behave and interact with the we
Paris, The Grimsvotn volcano burst into life on Saturday in what experts said was a stronger er- uption than its last outbreak in 2004.
The plume from the volcano shot 20 km into the sky.
ASH COULD REACH NORTH SCOTLAND BY MIDDAY TUESDAY
Ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano could reach northern Scotland by Tuesday and parts of Britain, France and Spain by Thursday or Friday if the eruption c
Explorers claim to have descended nearly 650 feet into the magma chamber of a volcano in Iceland for the first time in history.
A team, led by the University of Iceland, went into the heart of the heart of the Thrihnukagigur volcano, known as a "sleeping volcano" because it could come back to life at any time, the Daily Mail reported.
An earthquake measured at a magnitude of 4.3 struck near Mount St. Helens in Washington state on Monday, shaking an area extending north to Puget Sound and south across the Oregon border, geologists said.
It was the biggest tremor to hit the geologically active seismic zone around Mount St.
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It could mean valuable warning time for aircraft, whose engines can stall when clogged with volcanic ash A USGS analysis found 94 verified airplane-ash encounters since 1953.
None led to crashes, but aircraft damage was severe in several cases.
The lightning network now is continuously monitoring more than 1,500 volcanoes worldwide
A University of Washington-based network th
As this village emptied around her, and the Mount Merapi volcano boomed not too far uphill behind a veil of dust, Puranti stood crying here on Sunday afternoon, frozen with indecision.
Scientists studying tree rings to reconstruct the past have found that major volcanic eruptions can boost rains in Southeast Asia, challenging a common perception of volcanoes as purely destructive forces.
Studies in the past have shown massive eruptions such as the 1815 Tambora blast, and Krakatau in 1883, both in Indonesia, dimmed temperatures globally and wiped out crops.
American scientists claim to have found evidence that suggests Mars had a warm and wet climate which could have supported life some 3.5 billion years ago.
A team led by planetary geologists at Brown University found mounds of a mineral deposited on a volcanic cone less than 3.5 billion years ago that speak of a warm and wet past and may preserve evidence of one of the most recent habitable micr
