Nyamulagira Volcano and Human Evolution
I had mentioned earlier that the volcanoes of the Virugna region in the Western Rift Valley (as well as other highland spots) have often been islands of rain forest separated from each other by...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of the Unpronounceable Volcano that Ate Europe
Whitney Houston took a car ferry from Britain to Ireland to attend her concert, rather than flying. Barack Obama has canceled his trip to a state funeral in Poland. A very large magical snake protects...
View ArticleHow did the victims of the Plinean Eruption of Vesuvius die?
Even at the most extreme edges of the flow of stuff out of the volcano Pompeii, at the far edge of the mud and ash that came from the volcano’s explosion, the heat was sufficient to instantly kill...
View ArticleIce Volcanoes of Titan
NASA may have spotted evidence of ice volcanoes on Saturn’s moon. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn’s moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew...
View ArticleIs the yellowstone caldera safe?
Not long after Yellowstone Park was officially created, a small group of campers were killed by Nez Perce Indians on the run from US troops1. More recently, the last time I was in the area, a ranger...
View ArticleA new island is about to be borned!
There are thirteen canary islands. But there are about to be fourteen. Well, actually, there’s probably more than 13 as these island chains usually have a few extra rocks sticking up that people aren’t...
View ArticleDisaster! Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes
I’m reading Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes by John Withington, who also wrote about other disastrous things such as disasters specific to London. It is a...
View ArticleVolcanoes, Tree Rings, and Climate Models: This is how science works.
Mark Your Cosmic Calendar: 774/775 One wonders if anyone felt it. Did Charlemagne feel it as he led his forces across Pagan Saxon Westphalia, knocking down Irminsuls and making everyone pretend to be...
View ArticleCalbuco Volcano Erupting
Calbuco is a volcano in southern Chile. This one erupts fairly frequently averaging about every 20 years, sometimes quite impresively. The largest eruption during historic times in Chile occurred at...
View ArticleLink Between Yellowstone And The Magma Plume Found, Imaged
It is like finding a leak in your roof. I remember once up at the cabin, noticing that my waders were full of water and pointing this out to my wife. “You’re supposed to hang the waders upside down....
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