Up close and personal with Icelandic volcanoes
Scott Pelley travels to Iceland to experience the power of volcanoes up close with native Icelander and volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson.
Category: Volcanoes
Congo tourism promotes erupting volcano
(AP) KINSHASA, Congo – A national park in Congo best known for its endangered mountain gorillas is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava nearly...
First Picture Emerges of Infant Underwater Volcano
It is rare that the birth of an island can be watched by humans in real-time, but that could be what is happening in Spain’s Canary Islands. Residents of La Restinga on the island of...
Underwater volcano toxic gas closes coast in Canary Islands
Spain‘s Civil Protection for Volcanic Risk has closed two beaches on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands because of potentially toxic gasses emanating from an underwater volcano off the island’s shore....
Heavy Mudflows Threaten Villages Near Mt. Merapi
Sleman, Central Java. The arrival of the rainy season has triggered the time bomb experts have long feared: volcanic mudflows comprised of millions of tons of ash and debris blanketing Merapi’s slopes after last...
Rapidly Inflating Volcano Creates Growing Mystery
Researchers realized about five years ago that the area below and around Uturuncu is steadily rising — blowing up like a giant balloon under a wide disc of land some 43 miles (70 kilometers)...
Mount Lokon Volcano Erupts In Central Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, spewing hot smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Ash Cloud Rises Above Restive Chilean Volcano
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s Hudson Volcano released three huge columns of steam and ash that combined in a cloud more than 3 miles high on Friday, threatening a much larger eruption that had authorities...
Volcanic Activity
Among its findings, the team reported that Icelandic eruptions like the 2010 eruption Eyjafjall kull in Iceland which brought European air travel to a week-long standstill have sent volcanic ash plumes drifting over Europe...
