Volcanoes: Facts, news, features and articles about geology's fieriest features
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'This could be the origin of the Atlantis legend': Mountain that sank beneath the waves discovered off Canary IslandsA large seamount with three inactive volcanoes that sank into the ocean millions of years ago off the coast of Lanzarote may have inspired the legend of Atlantis.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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'Smoking terror' volcano that destroyed city 400 years ago burps toxic cloudEarth from space A 2018 astronaut photo shows Nicaragua's active Momotombo volcano spitting out a cloud of toxic gas and steam just a few years after its latest eruption.
By Harry Baker Published
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Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the groundTanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Weird new device measures how 'liquid' lava isA new device helps scientists measure lava viscosity during active flows.
By Rebecca Owen Published
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An undersea eruption rocked the Aegean 520,000 years agoScientists discovered an unknown volcanic eruption that rocked the seafloor in the Aegean more than 500,000 years ago.
By Molly Colleen McCanta Published
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Enormous deposit of rare earth elements discovered in heart of ancient Norwegian volcanoThe Fen Carbonatite Complex may be Europe's key to a secure rare-earth-element supply chain following the discovery of a huge deposit at the site.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano hit by 150 earthquakes in just 5 hoursEurope's awakening Campi Flegrei volcano experienced its biggest seismic swarm in 40 years, with 150 earthquakes rocking the region in southern Italy in the evening of May 20.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Iceland volcano eruption throws spectacular 160-foot-high wall of lava toward GrindavíkIcelandic authorities said residents and emergency responders should be ready to evacuate Grindavík at short notice after a new and ongoing eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Majestic 'yin-yang' crater sits atop a dormant volcano in TurkeyEarth from space The massive caldera of Turkey's Mount Nemrut volcano is split in half, with one side made of solidified lava flows and the other half a deep crater lake. Covered in snow, the summit scene looks like the yin-yang symbol when viewed from above.
By Harry Baker Published
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