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Volcanic eruptions might have created oxygen in atmosphere
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 28 (ANI): During a recent analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old Australian rocks, researchers have found that volcanic eruptions might have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.
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Study reveals volcanic eruptions may have created first 'whiffs' of oxygen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia has found that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.
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Fresh volcanic eruption reported in DRC's Goma region
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Goma [Congo], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): A low-intensity volcanic eruption was reported on Saturday in the northern flank of Mount Nyamulagira in Goma region in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the government said.
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UN boosts aid as DRC evacuates residents in fear of new volcano eruption
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations (UN) has expanded humanitarian relief to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the country has evacuated residents from Goma in case of another volcanic eruption.
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Series of earthquakes on DRC-Rwanda border stoke fears of second volcanic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): A series of earthquakes on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have stoked fears that the Nyiragongo volcano close to the area would erupt again three days after the first eruption.
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Death toll from volcanic eruption in DRC rises to 32
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], May 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll linked to the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano on Saturday in the north-eastern province of North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 32 and is likely to further rise, the DRC authorities said Monday.
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13 deaths reported after volcanic eruption in Congo: official
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo] May 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 13 people have been killed after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano on Saturday night in the north-eastern province of North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to provincial authorities.
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Volcano in southwestern Iceland erupts, flight warning issued
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Reykjavik [Iceland], March 20 (ANI): Iceland has reported a volcanic eruption on the southwest Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of the capital Reykjavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) tweeted on Friday.
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Indian monsoon can be predicted better after volcanic eruptions: India-Ger
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 19 (ANI): Large volcanic eruptions can help to forecast the monsoon over India - the seasonal rainfall that is key for the country's agriculture and thus for feeding one billion people. As erratic as they are, volcanic eruptions improve the predictabilit
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Study may explain Source of Nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], April 21 (ANI): New research by scientists may help solve the question of whether our atmosphere was formed by gases naturally emitted by the Earth's interior -- through events like volcanic eruptions or due to comets colliding into the Earth soon after it formed.
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Indonesia orders airport closure after volcanic eruption
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Mar 4 (VNA/ANI): The Indonesian government on Wednesday ordered the closure of Adi Soemarmo International Airport in central Java after Mount Merapi erupted ashes up to 6 kilometers into the air a day before, a local official said.
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Nearly 8,000 Philipinos evacuated, flights grounded as volcano erupts near
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 13 (ANI): About 8,000 residents were evacuated after a small active volcano near Manila spewed a massive cloud of ash on Sunday that drifted across the city, as experts warned of another possibility of "hazardous explosive eruption."
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