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Volcanic eruptions that changed human history
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
It is well known that large volcanic eruptions contribute to climate variability. However, quantifying these contributions has proven challenging due to inconsi...
China using animals to predict earthquakes: report
Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese government researchers are using chickens, fish and toads to try to predict earthquakes, media reported. The seismological bureau in the eastern city of...
Earthquakes in western Solomon Islands have long history
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have found that parts of the western Solomon Islands, a region thought to be free of large earthquakes until an 8.1 magnitude quake devastated the a...
Tropical Storm Linfa brings floods to northern Philippines
Jul 05, 2015 (AFP)
Floods inundated towns in the northern Philippines as Tropical Storm Linfa struck the northern edge of the archipelago, where relief agencies were braced for di...
6.4 magnitude quake kills three in China's Xinjiang
Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)
A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with three people killed according to...
Creating a stopwatch for volcanic eruptions
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
We've long known that beneath the scenic landscapes of Yellowstone National Park sleeps a supervolcano with a giant chamber of hot, partly molten rock below it....
Eruptions subside at Guatemala's Fuego volcano
Jul 02, 2015 (AFP)
Guatemala's Fuego volcano has subsided after eruptions that showered the area around it with ash, officials said Thursday. "The eruption phase of the Fuego volc...
Guatemala issues danger warning as volcano activity intensifies
Jul 01, 2015 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities issued a danger warning Wednesday in response to intensifying activity in the country's Fuego Volcano. The volcano, 50 kilometers (30 mil...
Drilling, not quake, caused Indonesia mud volcano: paper
Jun 29, 2015 (AFP)
Geologists reignited the debate Monday about whether to blame nature or humans for the devastating eruption nine years ago of an Indonesian mud volcano still oo...
Glacial quakes may serve as indicators of glacier disruption
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Observations of Greenland's Helheim Glacier link the process through which chunks of ice at the edge of a glacier break away, which has been hard to study, to s...
Trinity scientists persuade volcanoes to tell their stories
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Every volcano has a story, but, until now, most of these stories were shrouded in mystery. However, scientists from Trinity College Dublin have just discovered ...
Floods kill 55 in western India as relief work continues
Jun 27, 2015 (AFP)
Relief workers were Saturday trying to reach residents stranded by floods in India's western Gujarat state triggered by torrential rains that have so far claime...
Floods kill 41 in western India
Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)
Flash flooding triggered by torrential rains has killed 41 people in India's western Gujarat state, as the annual monsoon season hits the country, a disaster ma...
Oklahoma earthquakes linked to oil and gas drilling
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
Stanford geophysicists have identified the triggering mechanism responsible for the recent spike of earthquakes in parts of Oklahoma-a crucial first step in eve...
Precarious existence in shadow of Indonesian volcano
Jun 21, 2015 (AFP)
When Indonesian farmer Elfi Dalimunthe fled to safety last week as a volcano hurled hot ash and rocks across the sky, it marked the third time she was forced to...
Origins of Red Sea's 'cannon earthquakes' revealed in new study
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
For many generations, Bedouin people living in the Abu Dabbab area on the Egyptian Red Sea coast have heard distinct noises--like the rumbling of a quarry blast...
Malawi appeals for $500 million to repair flood damage
Jun 18, 2015 (AFP)
Malawi needs nearly half a billion dollars to repair the damage from devastating floods that killed 176 people earlier this year, the southern African country's...
More than 10,000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
More than 10,000 villagers have fled a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia this month, most in recent days after a series of violent eruptions, an official sa...
Floods as war weapons
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
A new study shows that, from 1500 until 2000, about a third of floods in southwestern Netherlands were deliberately caused by humans during wartimes. Some of th...
Over 1,200 evacuated in Indonesia volcano alert
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
More than 1,200 Indonesian villagers were Monday evacuated from their homes close to a rumbling volcano on Sumatra island, an official said. Authorities raised ...
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