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I Flew Over an Erupting Icelandic Volcano in a Helicopter. Maybe You Can, Too
My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned…
Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance
The eruption of Mauna Loa in December 2022 T. Orr, U.S. Geological Survey It may be possible to…
How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano
The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) brings unexpected ecosystem benefits All Canada Photos/Alamy Two years after Mount St…
Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io
This Juno image from February (right) reveals a new volcano that wasn’t there in a Galileo image from…
Jupiter’s moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
Io, Jupiter’s innermost moon, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system Joshimer Binas/Alamy Stock Photo…
Sulphur dioxide from Iceland volcano eruption has reached the UK
Lava erupting from a fissure near Grindavik, Iceland, on 20 March Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo The…
Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be coming back to life
Twenty years ago, deep beneath Botswana’s Kalahari desert, Thomas Gernon found himself walking in what seemed like hell.…
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history happened 7300 years ago
Iōjima Island, itself volcanic, sits at the edge of the huge underwater Kikai-Akahoya volcano caldera The Asahi Shimbun…
Giant magma flow in Iceland was the fastest ever recorded
Lava erupting near Grindavik, Iceland, on 8 February Iceland Civil Defense/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images The flow of magma…
The best photos of the natural world in 2023
Litli Hrútur volcano in Iceland erupting in July 2023 KRISTINN MAGNUSSON/AFP via Getty Images Sizzling lava spurts out…