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Geotimes October 2004 Sever, Pratt & Libick |
Mount St. Helens Activity Updates Updates on Mt. St. Helens activity from October 1 to October 14. |
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Indonesian Volcano Ready to Erupt Spewing hot clouds of gas and bulging with lava, Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, has rumbled to life, and a full-scale eruption is imminent, local officials warn. |
Geotimes July 2004 Megan Sever |
Volcanic Avalanches New research suggests that shallow groundwater systems on volcanoes could explain deep edifice collapses. |
Geotimes November 2007 Feldman & Tilling |
Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth. |
Outside January 2008 Kevin Krajick |
Joe Blow Around the planet, hundreds of sleeping volcanoes could wake up with a bang at any moment. Volcanologist Chris Newhall is listening. |
Geotimes September 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Mayon Volcano Eruption Slows Fewer seismic events and lessened ground deformation indicate that the ongoing eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Philippines' most active volcano, is finally slowing down. |
Geotimes November 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Crystals Heat up Volcanic Eruptions Key pressure and temperature information preserved inside tiny bubbles in lava is causing scientists to rethink previous assumptions about how magma behaves, and what might trigger eruptions. |
Geotimes April 2004 Ewert & Harpel |
In Harm's Way: Population and Volcanic Risk Knowing the number of people potentially at risk from volcanic activity allows non-volcanologists and emergency managers to gauge the potential adverse impact of volcanic unrest and plan accordingly. |
Geotimes October 2004 Pratt & Lubick |
Mount St. Helens Could Erupt in Days to Months In the next few days to a month, there's a 70 percent chance that a small to moderate eruption event will happen at Mount St. Helens, site of the violent and deadly eruption of May 18, 1980. |
Geotimes April 2005 Megan Sever |
Vesuvius' Next Eruption Volcanologists are reconstructing the volcano's past to better predict just what might happen when it blows its top again. |
Geotimes June 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
Mexican Volcano Fires up Geologists fear the recent activity at the Volcan de Colima in Mexico is only the beginning of a larger event to come. The people surrounding Colima could have quite a dangerous situation on their hands. |
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever |
Mudflows Inundate Indonesian Villages A team of geologists recently traveled to Indonesia to examine a mudflow that has buried several villages, and to try to determine what caused the sudden eruption. |
Geotimes November 2007 Toulkeridis et al. |
When Volcanoes Threaten, Scientists Warn After multiple false alarms of volcanoes erupting, people may start to doubt the credibility of the alarms and not listen to them. Scientists need to better predict and communicate the dangers arising from living in the shadow of volcanoes. |
Geotimes March 2004 Sara Pratt |
A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound. |
Geotimes June 2005 Jake Lowenstern |
Truth, Fiction and Everything in Between at Yellowstone The Yellowstone caldera is a volcano, and it almost certainly will erupt again someday. It's possible, though unlikely, that future eruptions could reach the magnitude of Yellowstone's three largest explosive eruptions, 2.1 million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago. |
Geotimes August 2005 |
Drilling project finds fault A drill rig in California is being used to research the San Andreas fault. |
Geotimes May 2004 Megan Sever |
Today's Volcano Risks Active volcanoes pose a threat to commercial aircraft, engendering course diversions around potential danger spots. |
Wired July 2004 Brendan I. Koerner |
The Seismic Underground It's the sweet spot of the San Andreas fault, the perfect place to build the ultimate earthquake science lab. It's also 2 miles straight down. |
Geotimes December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Natural Hazards Drilling a fault... Mount St. Helens awakens... Reviewing Sumatra... SAFOD crosses the fault... |
Geotimes March 2004 |
The Global Lakes Drilling Effort A long history of research on relatively young lake basins illustrates the utility of studying lake sediments for information on such diverse topics as past climate, landscape modification, biological evolution, regional tectonics and hydrocarbon formation. |
Geotimes March 2005 Megan Sever |
Wilderness and Volcanology Camp As part of a two-week volcanology field school, both undergraduate and graduate students explore and learn about lava flows, pyroclastic flows, calderas, fumaroles and crater lakes while learning how to travel and do fieldwork in the wilderness. |
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever |
Hazards Roundup: Iran and Kilauea In the past week, Earth has shaken with more than 50 earthquakes and nearly 20 volcanic eruptions. Nature's forces are at work around us. |
Geotimes May 2006 Megan Sever |
Yellowstone's Moving Magma New research is suggesting that magma located below the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park periodically rises close to the surface, heating the geothermal field, before diving back down. |
Geotimes November 2007 Kathryn Watts |
Yellowstone and Heise: Supervolcanoes That Lighten Up Beneath Yellowstone, and driving many of its beloved features such as the geyser Old Faithful, lies a churning chamber of magma that has erupted before and may erupt again. |
AskMen.com |
Don't Be A Hero Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt. |
Geotimes March 2004 Kasey White |
A New Era of Ocean Drilling Sets Sail As the JOIDES Resolution arrived in Galveston, Texas, last September after completing its 110th and final Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) expedition, scientists celebrated the many advances made during the program. |
Geotimes October 2004 Megan Sever |
Mount St. Helens Alert Level Lowered On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey lowered the alert level for Mount St. Helens in Washington from a Level 3 Volcano Alert to a Level 2 Volcano Advisory. |
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Iceland volcano erupts The Grimsvotn volcano started to explosively erupt on Nov. 1, three hours after a swarm of earthquakes indicated the onset of an event. The volcano sits beneath the middle of the Vatnajokull ice cap -- Europe's largest. |
Geotimes October 2003 |
Geophenomena New addition to the Aleutian family... Yellowstone geysers heat up... First dead zone forecast... etc. |
Geotimes October 2007 Megan Sever |
Indonesia Mudflow Caused by Earthquake? A mud volcano has been erupting since May 2006 in Indonesia. New research says the initial eruption was caused by an earthquake. |
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever |
Ecuadorian Volcano Erupts, Kills 5 Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's "big three" volcanoes, once again ramped up its eruption, triggering emergency evacuations. At least five people were killed, many have been injured, and at least another 60 people are missing from villages that were destroyed by the eruption. |
Geotimes October 2004 |
Geophenomena An Ashen Threat to Aviation Safety... Volcano Refuge Ends... |
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever |
Indonesian Volcanoes Erupt On Tuesday, two volcanoes erupted to life in Indonesia, killing at least two people, injuring others and forcing the evacuation of thousands. |
AskMen.com Harry Marks |
Top 10: Volcanoes Visit a volcanoe during your next vacation. |
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Indonesian Quake Linked to Volcanic Activity? A powerful earthquake rocked through Indonesia's district of Bantul early Saturday morning, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. The quake could spell trouble for nearby Mount Merapi volcano, now on high alert for eruption. |
Salon.com April 11, 2001 Laura Miller |
Volcano wars Nine scientists met grisly deaths in a 1993 eruption in Colombia, but the battle over who was to blame rages on... |
Geotimes September 2003 Megan Sever |
An ending begets a beginning in oceanic drilling The Resolution's retirement from Ocean Drilling Program expeditions ushers in a new era for ocean drilling and research. |
Geotimes July 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Monitoring the Most Dangerous U.S. Volcanoes An assessment of the risks and hazards associated with volcanoes has led U.S. researchers to suggest a plan of action for avoiding future disasters, including threats to airplanes and populations living around these features. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Glenn Zorpette |
Christian Antenor-Habazac: Under The Volcano This technical manager in Guadeloupe is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of the radio-based sensor networks that monitor the region's seismicity that would give officials warning of impeding volcanic eruptions. |
Geotimes July 2003 Greg Peterson |
Cooling Mali's volcanism Geologists have recently found data to overturn the long-held belief that active volcanism was to blame for underground fires in Mali and substantially reduce the calculated risk for the region. The authors found the spontaneous combustion of buried peat layers, not magma. |
Outside February 2005 Mark Sundeen |
Eruptus Interruptus Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Thar she... might blow! When Mount St. Helens threatened to go erupt again, disaster groupies rushed to the crater--and hoped for the worst. |
Geotimes March 2005 Jay Chapman |
Hiking Nicaragua's Volcanoes Day trips from the major cities make it possible to see Nicaragua's best geologic features -- its volcanoes -- which are evenly spaced across the countryside. |
High on Adventure April 2008 Vicki Andersen |
Creation of the cascade mountains The 700-mile stretch of playground known as the Cascade Mountain range is comprised of more than a dozen major peaks. |
Smithsonian December 2006 Laura Helmuth |
Antarctica Erupts! A trip to Mount Erebus yields a rare, close-up look at one of the world's weirdest geological marvels. |
Chemistry World May 27, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Getting to grips with volcanic ash As the disruption to air travel caused by the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland subsides, researchers are taking a close look at volcanic ash to try to understand how hazardous it is to both aircraft engines and human health. |
Wired August 24, 2009 Christopher Mims |
Hammers, Water, Lasers Make Deep Drilling Easier The process of punching a well hasn't changed in a century, so researchers are focusing efforts on the development of a new generation of drills to improve drill time. |
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Tapping Methane Hydrates in the Gulf The research program in the Gulf of Mexico, officially known as the Chevron Texaco-Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Industry Project, will assess the threats of drilling through unstable methane hydrate and other gas deposits, from collapsed boreholes to the potential to destabilize offshore slopes. |
Geotimes October 2004 |
Mount St. Helens Erupts More than a week after seismic activity began, Mount St. Helens in Washington has now erupted a thick plume of white steam and light ash reaching as high as 15,000 feet |
This Old House Norm Abram |
All About Bits Master Carpenter Norm Abram offers these techniques for using drill bits. |
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman |
Tsunami Story Strikes Again Mega-tsunamis are not nearly as frequent as the news stories, and the likelihood of an event is relatively low. Continued debate among scientists, however, keeps the stories in the news and heightens the perceived threat. |