Search For "volcanic"
A steaming cauldron followed the dinosaurs' demise
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): A new study reveals the Chicxulub impact crater may have harboured a vast and long-lived hydrothermal system after the catastrophic impact event linked to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
Read More
Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
Read More
Study may explain Source of Nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 11 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.
Read More
Satyarup Siddhanta becomes first Indian to complete volcanic Seven Summit,
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Renowned American writer Mark Twain had said, "There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it." An Indian mountaineer, Satyarup
Read More
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.
Read More
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."
Read More
Greenhouse gas emissions from volcanic rock movements contribute to global
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): Humans may not be the sole contributors to global warming, as a new study has revealed that the natural movements of volcanic rocks may result in the release of carbon-based greenhouse gasses.
Read More
New Zealand calls off search for two remaining victims in volcanic eruptio
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 24 (ANI): The New Zealand police on Tuesday terminated the search operation for two victims who still remain missing after a deadly volcanic eruption on the White Island earlier this month.
Read More
New Zealand volcanic eruption: Death toll rises to 19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 23 (ANI): The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcanic eruption earlier this month has risen to 19, the police said on Monday.
Read More
Death toll in New Zealand volcano eruption rises to 17
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 23 (ANI): The death toll in the volcanic eruption in New Zealand's White Island has risen to 17 after another person died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Auckland, police said, as cited by CNN.
Read More
New Zealand: 6 bodies recovered from White Island days after volcanic erup
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 13 (ANI): Bodies of six tourists, who died after a volcano erupted on New Zealand's White Island earlier this week, were recovered from the island by a team of country's police and military specialists on Friday morning (local time).
Read More
New Zealand police to recover bodies from White Island
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 12 (ANI): New Zealand Police on Friday said that it is planning to recover bodies from White Island where eight people were killed due to a volcanic eruption.
Read More