Volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon found in the wrong place

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 16:16

Concentrations of volcanic activity in Jupiter`s moon Io are significantly displaced from where they are expected to be based on models that predict how the moon`s interior is heated.

Volcano erupts in Indonesia

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:55

Mount Lokon in eastern Indonesia erupted Wednesday, spewing ash up to 2,000 meters high, said a volcanologist.

Indonesian volcano spews ash into sky; no one hurt

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 15:57

Indonesia scientists say they are closely monitoring a smoking volcano on Java island, urging villagers and tourists to stay off the mountain`s slope.

Three mountain-climbers die, one injured near Avacha volcano

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 13:37

Three mountain-climbers have died in the area of Kamchatka`s volcano Avacha.

Volcanic eruptions halted global warming during 2000-10

Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 13:51

Dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide may be the reason why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010, researchers have claimed.

Scientists discover new type of underwater volcanic eruption

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 16:51

Scientists have uncovered a previously undocumented type of eruption in underwater volcanoes - by looking at tiny original bubble spaces trapped in volcanic rocks.

1,000-year-old tombs found in Mexico

Last Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 14:46

Mexican archaeologists have discovered a group of millennium-old basalt tombs in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit.

Volcano erupts, spewing smoke in north Indonesia

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 00:58

Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi province rumbled as heavy rain fell around its cloud-covered crater.

Huge volcanic eruptions killed ocean life before extinction of dinosaurs

Last Updated: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 14:11

Dinosaur die out might have been the second of two closely timed extinctions, according to a new University of Washington research.

Volcano spews ash on New Zealand`s North Island

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 08:59

Volcanic ash fell in areas near Mount Tongariro in central North Island lateon Monday.

Smaller volcanoes could cool Earth’s surface

Last Updated: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 12:47

Aerosols from relatively small volcanic eruptions can be boosted into the high atmosphere by weather systems such as monsoons, where they can affect global temperatures.