Volcanoes
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Could British homes be powered by Icelandic volcano?Commercial interest is growing in plans to harness geothermal energy from Iceland’s magma lakes and use it to supply the UK and Europe
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Volcano and earthquake museum to open in IcelandThe Lava Centre, a new interactive attraction in the shadow of the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, will bring to life the ‘fiery heart of Iceland’
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Are volcanologists sure Mount Etna won’t erupt disastrously?The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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A new exhibition shows how scientists have tried to understand the mayhem of volcanoes, and how artists have embraced their sheer terrorWhy the sublime violence of volcanoes will never lie dormant
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Wolfgang Tillmans and Volcanoes: this week’s best UK exhibitionsFrom one of art’s greatest contemporary photographers to the rich cultural history of famous eruptions
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‘Firehose’ lava stream exploding into ocean in HawaiiThe vast Kilauea flow is gushing from a tube that was exposed when a 26-acre lava delta collapsed into the ocean at the site on New Year’s Eve
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Volcano produces rare 'firehose' lava flow into Pacific Ocean – videoHawaii’s Kilauea volcano produces a rare ‘firehose’ flow of lava into the Pacific Ocean causing littoral explosions
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Date of ancient volcanic eruption finally pinpointed using fossilised tree ringsThe Changbaishan eruption, one of the most violent of the last two millennnia, has been dated to within three months of the winter of 946 AD
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Volcano near Naples showing signs of reawakeningEruption of Campi Flegrei would put area occupied by 500,000 people at risk, say scientists
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Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano emits huge columns of ash and smoke – videoMexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts on Friday morning, spewing a significant amount of ash and smoke into the sky
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Explosive history of volcanoes to be charted in Bodleian exhibitionVesuvius among the stars in upcoming show at library in Oxford that traces the sometimes fatal allure of volcanoes
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Into the Inferno review – Werner Herzog peers into the depths of the volcanoIn an unnerving documentary, images of throbbing magma are spliced with stories of the people living with the threat of spectacularly destructive eruptions
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Woman’s ascent of Kilimanjaro: London girl’s triumph – archive30 September 1927: The climb by 22-year-old Miss Shela MacDonald is the first time the feat has been accomplished by a woman
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Indonesian volcano eruption sparks evacuation of touristsMore than 1,100 people evacuated as 2,000-metre column of ash spews from ‘Child of Rinjani’ volcano on Lombok island
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Pacific Ocean's hidden wonders revealed on dive to underwater volcanoUS scientists find possible new coral species and rare Dumbo octopus on expedition to previously unexplored extinct volcano off Hawaii
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Japanese volcano: major eruption in next 30 years, say experts – video reportA major eruption from Mount Sakurajima, in south-western Japan, could happen in the next 30 years
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Lost cities #4: Pompeii was preserved by disaster. Now it risks ruin all over againThe volcanic eruption that destroyed the Roman city also froze it in time – but now, 2,000 years later, it is alive with people who threaten its existence all over again
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The outlook: perpetual freezing darknessWeatherwatch: In 1816, forecasters reckoned the end of the world was nigh. But although the outlook was gloomy, it fell short of apocalyptic
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Scotland to monitor pollution from Iceland's volcanoesENDS UK: Environment agency consults on new air quality monitoring network that would detect the release of particulates and sulphur dioxides
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Can’t understand the heat, get into the kitchenLetters: She says the exception is the case of the so-called ‘pillow lavas’, which ‘pile up in gentle blobs on the sea floor’. Maybe the clue is in ‘the sea floor’
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Huge penguin colony at risk from erupting volcanoVolcanic ash threatens world’s largest colony of chinstrap penguins that are currently trapped on a small island in the sub Antarctic, say scientists
Lost natural wonder in New Zealand may be found, say researchers