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Immense Underwater Volcano Is The Biggest On Earth

2013-09-06 23:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Scientists report in the journal Nature Geoscience that they've uncovered the largest volcano on Earth in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of Japan. In fact it's one of the largest in the solar system, second only to Olympus Mons on Mars. Scientists have been studying the massive structure for decades, but now are confirming it's a single volcano about the size of New Mexico. It rises about four miles off the sea floor, but doesn't break through the ocean surface. Called Tamu Massif,...

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Deep In The Pacific, Scientists Discover Biggest Volcano On Earth

2013-09-06 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The world's largest volcano has until now been lurking undiscovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, according to a team of scientists who identified the massive object and reported their findings in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience. The newly revealed Tamu Massif volcano - located about 1,000 miles east of Japan and 4 miles below the ocean's surface - is about the size of New Mexico. It not only outclasses previous record holder Mauna Loa in Hawaii by about 60 times, but it's in the same...

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Immense Pacific Volcano Among Solar System's Largest

2013-09-06 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: A massive underwater volcano the size of New Mexico has been discovered 1,000 miles east of Japan, Nature Geoscience reports. Covering an area of 120,000 square miles, the volcano is 50 times larger than Hawaii's Mauna Loa, making it the largest volcano on Earth, according to a team of researchers from the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. The newly discovered volcano, named Tamu Massif, is only 25 percent smaller than the immense volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, which is large enough to spot with a backyard...

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U.S. airlines delay flights to Mexico City as volcano spews ash

2013-07-04 23:03:01| Airlines - Topix.net

Four U.S. airlines temporarily suspended flights to and from Mexico City on Thursday after a volcano 50 miles from the capital spewed ash, a spokesman for the city's international airport said.

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