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KGW: Mount St. Helens - Remembering the deadliest U.S. volcanic event 38 years later
2018-05-18 16:22:54| PortlandOnline
News story posted to KGW.com May 17, 2018.
Volcanic eruptions can 'mask the true effects of climate change'
2016-08-10 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wired: Recent reports that suggest sea levels aren't rising as fast as expected and may even be dropping could be inaccurate, according to new research. Experts from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have discovered that the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines could have masked the true reading, and this could have dire consequences for the future. Satellite observations, which began in 1993, show that the rate of sea level rise has held fairly steady at about 3 millimeters...
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Evidence of large volcanic activity in the Caribbean uncovered
2016-01-14 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Scientists from the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown large volcanic eruption in the Caribbean Sea. By studying ash layers, known as tephras, in marine sediments they identified an eruption that took place on Guadeloupe 2.4 million years ago. The research, published in the journal Geology, indicates this eruption is the largest documented volcanic event in the region since that time. Lead author, Professor Martin…
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Volcanic event caused ice age during Jurassic Period, new research suggests
2015-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Pioneering new research has shed new light on the causes behind an 'ice-age' that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago. An international team of experts, including researchers from the Camborne School of Mines, have found evidence of a large and abrupt cooling of the Earth's temperature during the Jurassic Period, which lasted millions of years. The scientists found that the cooling coincided with a large-scale volcanic event - called the North …
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Volcanic ash cloud again grounds flights in and out of Bali
2015-07-22 07:26:16| Airlines - Topix.net
Air New Zealand has delayed Wednesday's flight to Bali as volcanic ash continues to erupt from Mount Raung on an Indonesian island. Flight NZ245 was scheduled to depart Auckland at 4.30pm Wednesday but has been delayed until 8am Thursday, Air New Zealand said.