The current eruption of Kilauea on Hawai'is big island can tell us a lot about what is going on beneath the volcano and may provide lessons for future eruptions.
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At Kīlauea in Hawai'i, a recent volcanic eruption has created some of the most spectacular sights in nature. But also danger for those around it.
The Kīlauea volcano on Hawai'i’s big island is threatening to produce violent and energetic eruptions not seen since 1924.
Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite’s crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered massive undersea eruptions, as big as any ever seen in our planet’s history.
A new study has found a way to predict eruptions at Mount Etna within two weeks.
Businesses worth their weight in salt should at least in principle have the capacity to remedy situations that go wrong, as part of their modus operandi.
To the people of Bali, Mt Agung is not just a volcano. The “great mountain” holds spiritual power and reflects cultural and political unrest.
How do scientists predict volcanic eruptions? To do so with accuracy, they need to know the individual volcano and its history very well.
The world watches and waits to see what will happen next at Bali’s Mt Agung, an active volcano.
Hundreds of earthquakes a day are being recorded near Mount Agung in Bali as the volcano threatens to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.
Warnings are being issued to stay clear of an Indonesian volcano following a series of earthquakes.
The clock is ticking.
What can we expect Australia’s next volcanic eruption to be like? That depends where and when it happens, and it could be sooner than you think.
What happens beneath the surface before a volcano erupts? Can we predict when one will blow? And how can typhoons and melting glaciers contribute to big eruptions?
Thirty five years after the devastating eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcanologist looks back on how it unfolded – and how it forever changed our understanding of how volcanoes work.
Ash and mudflows are the biggest dangers from the unexpected eruption from the Calbuco volcano in Chile.
Two big eruptions have caused pyroclastic flows and high-altitude ash clouds over South America.
Around 60 volcanoes erupt in the average year. On any particular day, there are usually about 20 volcanoes erupting somewhere in the world. Naturally, they can’t all make headlines. But when there are…
A volcanic eruption in Iceland caused massive disruption throughout Europe in 2010. A huge ash cloud grounded more than 100,000 flights and delayed 10m passengers, costing the aviation industry more than…
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Associate Professor of Volcanology and Geoscience Communication, University of Twente and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor of Geosciences; Director for the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute, Boise State University
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Volcanologist, Lancaster University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor - Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Natural Hazards Risk Scientist, GNS Science
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Emeritus professor in geology, Australian National University
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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Alberta
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
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PhD researcher in Volcanology, UCL
