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We don’t generate power directly from volcanoes, but their presence is a sign that there are good geothermal resources underground that can be tapped.
The eruptions that began in 2021 in Iceland could last for centuries, which is bad news for Icelanders but good news for scientists seeking to understand how the inner Earth works.
A newly discovered half-million-year-old layer of volcanic sediment beneath the Aegean Sea rewrites what scientists know about this area’s volcanic history – and potential future hazards.
Using a method applied directly to ancient hominin teeth, researchers have calculated the age of several important fossils.
These rare rocks come in a few different types, which can tell geologists about Mars’ volcanic past and hint at its potential habitability.
A 500-million-year-old find reveals previously unknown features of the sea creatures responsible for some of palaeontology’s most recognisable fossils.
The story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is no longer one of annihilation; it also includes the people who managed to escape the city.
The very early Earth may not have been as inhospitable as scientists thought, with life perhaps starting more than 4 billion years ago.
Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and even Scandinavia.
Millions of years ago, widespread volcano eruptions in eastern Australia buried entire forests. Today, these time capsules reveal stunningly fossilised plants.
To fight global warming we will soon have to try to remove carbon dioxide from the skies or find ways to reflect the Sun’s heat. Such radical paths must be examined, but risky experiments avoided.
Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.
Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason.
Releasing reflective particles into the upper atmosphere would help us tackle climate change – but it’s not without risk.
Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking up a town.
Evidence suggests magma is close to the surface in south-west Iceland, prompting evacuations.
Everyone involved in the tourism industry will need to manage risk differently after a court found the landowners of Whakaari/White Island guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Pandemic restrictions prevented Jónsi (frontman of Sigur Rós) from experiencing firsthand the eruption of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland. He made this work in response.
Like icy thermometers, glaciers overlying volcanoes shift according to temperature changes below.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Volcanology and Geoscience Communication, University of Twente and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Volcanologist, Lancaster University
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PhD researcher in Volcanology, UCL
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Emeritus professor in geology, Australian National University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open 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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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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Lecturer in Volcanology, University of Hull
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
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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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Assistant Lecturer in Volcanology, Monash University
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Lecturer in Geology, Macquarie University
