Geysers to Gigawatts
Although volcanoes can cause huge amounts of destruction, there are some positives to the super heated rocks and liquid that… Read More
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Vacation by the Lake
Planning some post vaccination travel? How about visiting an active volcano? Erta Ale in Ethiopia is one of only five… Read More
Io ready to blow
Io is one of the many moons orbiting Jupiter. The plume from Io’s volcanic eruptions can reach almost 500km high…. Read More
The Day the World Exploded
In 1883 the volcano Krakatoa erupted next to the island of Java. The explosion was equivalent to 200 megatons of… Read More
Mount Nyiragongo
On 22 May 2021, Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupted with rivers of lava that turned… Read More
Where did Frosty go?
The air temperature of the Antarctic Peninsula has increased by 3°C since the 1950s, 5 times that of the mean… Read More