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New study by NASA shows tropical trees can warn of volcanic eruptions
May 29, 2025 9:42 am
NASA scientists have been observing the changes in the leaves of tropical trees through satellite imagery to analyse the effect of CO₂ at the surface level.
Knowledge Nugget: Understanding Volcanoes — What you must know for UPSC exam?
March 25, 2025 6:19 pm
Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupted on Thursday. What are volcanoes and their types? Can scientists predict volcanic eruptions? Here's what you need to know. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about some of the famous volcanoes.
Express News Quiz: Volcanoes, Vicky Kaushal, and e-everything at once
December 02, 2022 7:55 pm
How well do you remember this week’s biggest stories? Take our news quiz to find out.
How do you see inside a volcano? Try a storm of cosmic particles
November 15, 2021 6:49 pm
One day, volcanic muography could become the “ultimate detection system for magma,” said Giovanni Leone, a geophysicist at the University of Atacama in Chile and the study’s lead author.
Study reveals Jupiter’s Moon Io has gaseous atmosphere, hundreds of active volcanoes
October 27, 2020 12:59 pm
Currently, Io has 400 active volcanoes and is touted to be the innermost moon of the gaseous-giant planet Jupiter.
Venus has 37 active volcanic structures, scientists find
July 21, 2020 5:39 pm
The researchers during the study hunted for young coronae in the imagery of Venus' surface captured by spacecraft like NASA's Magellan probe, which orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994.
Satellite studying volcanoes finds giant oilfield methane plume
November 23, 2019 11:43 am
Their satellite couldn’t detect the small quantities from the mud volcanoes but it did pick up on three unexplained bright spots nearby.
Dinosaur-killing space rock may have triggered sea volcanoes: Study
February 08, 2018 8:46 pm
A new study claims that the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago also created underwater volcanoes.
Thousands evacuated to emergency shelters as Vanuatu volcano threatens to erupt
September 26, 2017 9:56 am
The last time the Ambae volcano erupted was in 2005. Vanuatu is one of the world's poorest nations, where locals are almost entirely reliant on food grown in their garden to survive, aid workers said.
Volcanic eruptions partly behind 'warming hiatus'
January 12, 2015 2:06 pm
Volcanoes may have caused cooling of 0.05 degrees to 0.12 degrees Celsius since 2000.
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