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Lava Flows From Guatemala Volcano Prompt New Evacuations

8:42pm June 08, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Authorities ordered evacuations of rescue workers and nearby villages on Friday because of dangerous flows of lava, ash and toxic gases from Fuego, which erupted Sunday, killing at least 109 people.

Lilian Hernandez cries as she is comforted by her husband at the Mormon church that has been enabled as a shelter near Escuintla, Guatemala, on Tuesday. Hernandez lost 36 family members in all, missing and presumed dead in the town of San Miguel Los Lotes

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Guatemala Volcano Toll Rises To 75; Nearly 200 People Still Missing

1:02pm June 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

New explosions from the Fuego volcano, which erupted Sunday, were blanketing surrounding villages in thick ash, forcing new evacuations.

People flee El Rodeo village, less than 30 miles from the capital, Guatemala City, after the eruption of the Fuego volcano on Sunday.

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'Everything Is A Disaster': Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Erupts, Killing At Least 69

11:02pm June 04, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The volcano spewed billowing clouds of ash into the sky — and more dangerously, sent a deadly mix of lava, pumice and gas speeding toward villages on Sunday. Authorities fear the death toll may rise.

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Ground shaking from a preliminary 5.0 magnitude earthquake south of Pu'u O'o caused rockfalls and possibly additional collapse into the crater on Kilauea volcano's East Rift Zone.

5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Hawaii As Residents Ready For Possible Lava Eruption

8:49pm May 03, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The quake Thursday is one of 600 that have been shaking the area near the Big Island's Mount Kilauea since Monday. Geologists fear magma will break though the surface causing widespread destruction.

Mount Agung volcano, seen at sunrise in Bali, Indonesia, could erupt soon, say authorities.

Thousands Flee Bali's Mount Agung After Volcano Threat Level Is Raised

7:59pm September 25, 2017

Authorities say the mountain, which last erupted 54 years ago, is poised to go at any time.

Mount Paektu, which sits on the border with China, is known in North Korea as the "sacred mountain of revolution" and considered the legendary birthplace of Kim Jong Il and Korean culture.

North Korean Volcano Provides Rare Chance For Scientific Collaboration

7:31pm December 01, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

When the volcano started rumbling, North Korean researchers realized they didn't have the tools to predict if it might erupt. So they reached out to Western scientists for help.

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The footprint surface is in the foreground, and we are looking at Oldoinyo L’engai in the background

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Human History Recorded In Mud

11:10am November 04, 2016

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

When you step into mud, it kind of slurps up between your toes. What if someone found your mud-slurping footprint 15,000 years from now?

Scientists have uncovered 15,000 year old fossil human footprints, with incredible, mud-slurping detail. What do they tell us about the people that lived there?

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About 70 percent of Earth is covered by clouds at any given moment. Their interaction with climate isn't easy to study, scientists say; these shape-shifters move quickly.

Climate Change May Already Be Shifting Clouds Toward The Poles

6:38pm July 11, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists who have been tracking cloud patterns over the past two decades say the shifts they're seeing seem to correlate closely with what's predicted by computer models of Earth's changing climate.

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For decades, scientists have wished for a handy, controllable volcano they could keep in the lab. Now two men at Syracuse University have created just that.

Make Lava, Not War

3:12pm June 25, 2015

by Adam Cole

A sculptor and a geologist are melting hundreds of pounds of rock in a giant cauldron to create realistic lava flows. Cool! NPR reporter Adam Cole pays a visit to learn more about lava's allure.

The Grand Prismatic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park is among the park's myriad hydrothermal features created by the fact that Yellowstone is a supervolcano.

Scientists Discover Massive New Magma Chamber Under Yellowstone

5:14pm April 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The newly discovered chamber is 4.5 times larger than the shallow reservoir already known and contains enough partially molten rock to fill the Grand Canyon 11 times.