Sentences with phrase «as volcano eruptions»

Certain natural disasters, such as volcano eruptions and earthquakes, are hard to predict and nearly impossible to prevent.

Other nonlinear factors may be present as well, and sudden events such as volcano eruptions can always disrupt the dynamical pattern for a while.

Not exact matches

We decided to try something a little different as the volcano model is so lovely and so made a multicoloured eruption.

Basically you need the ingredients for the eruption, a jar or small bottle for the eruption to happen in and something to use as the volcano part.

Volcanoes are complex geothermal phenomena, and as every kid knows, a volcanic eruption is caused when someone puts a tablespoon of baking soda into a crater of vinegar.

They can be as small as a grain of salt, but tiny crystals that form deep in volcanoes may be the key for advance warnings before volcanic eruptions.

The fact that a similar sound is made by vulcanian and plinian eruptions — two types of blast with tall dense ash columns — suggests it is created as ash and gas churn up near the inner surface of the volcano mouth.

The plume from the eruption — the volcanoes» first in more than two decades — was so great it was seen from space and spread as far as Tasmania.

Scientists are debating whether the break in the cloud layer above the volcano is related to the eruption or simply the result of the normal way that ocean air dries as it moves over an island.

Due to the long distances that eruption signals travel, they likely show up as anomalies on far - off monitoring devices used to study earthquakes, land - based volcanoes or even whale songs.

A steam plume rises from Bogoslof volcano as hot lava heats the seawater during an eruption in August 2017.

But, as the thickness of the ice over the volcano (between 100 and 400 meters) and the volume of lava are both unknown, it's also unclear whether an eruption will break through the ice, or whether it will remain subglacial.

As if that weren't bad enough, Rutgers University climatologist Luke Oman says, the eruption of the Laki volcano created a climatic disaster that rippled all across the Northern Hemisphere and caused a famine that cut the population of the Nile River valley by a sixth.

Previous studies of other volcanoes have revealed a change in gas composition prior to an eruption that could serve as an early detection mechanism.

The eruption destroyed the top three thousand feet of the volcano, blasting it into the air in pieces, leaving behind only a large crater three miles wide and half a mile deep, as though the mountain had been struck by a meteor.

Any volcano on land which was as lively as KeJ would be constantly monitored by satellites and an array of local instruments looking for the slightest change in behaviour that could precede a major volcanic eruption.

In the past, radar images of the majority of the world's volcanoes were only acquired a few times a year, but seismological data indicate that the duration of unrest before an eruption might be as short as only a few days.

The most famous submarine volcanoes are those that lead to the formation of new islands, such as the eruption of Surtsey in Iceland in the 1960s.

Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as sea - ice / ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s.

It's not as though the stuff goes up and falls back to the surface, as happens with the eruptions of volcanoes on Io.

If she's wrong, say her detractors, her crusade is drawing focus away from investigators looking at other, more likely scenarios, such as the eruption of hundreds of volcanoes in prehistoric Siberia.

The country had already been on edge following the volcano's initial eruption this past weekend, spewing hot ash, gas and smoke into the air for several days, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,200 residents and leading to the death of a 92 - year - old woman who suffered a heart attack aboard a navy boat as she was being taken to Puerto Montt, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of the volcano.

Atmospheric changes that caused volcanic eruptions centuries ago, such as the one in Timanfaya or the Tambora volcano (Indonesia)- which hid the sunlight for months -, had an impact on high - mountain centennial forests in the Iberian Peninsula, as stated in an article published in the journal Science of the Total Environment in which the lecturer Emilia Gutiérrez, from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona, has taken part.

The volcano has not yet started to produce more earthquakes as it gradually rebuilds toward another eruption, which typically happen every decade or so.

The vibrations also show strong tidal triggering, with six times as many earthquakes during low tides as high tides while the volcano approached its eruption.

Satellite measurements of eruptions have only recently become precise enough to exploit volcanoes as models for geo - engineering.

Every year, these eruptions unleash about 50 times as much lava as all of Earth's volcanoes, making Io the most geologically active body in the solar system.

«We want to know whether the seismic velocity changes reflect increasing pressure in the volcano, as volcanoes bulge out before an eruption.

The eruption also produced erratic weather and spectacular sunsets throughout the world for many months afterwards, as a result of sunlight reflected from suspended dust particles ejected by the volcano high into Earth's atmosphere.

He estimated that the Agung volcano has probably ejected only about 10,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide in the latest eruption, and not as high as the stratosphere.

Produced by Nomadic Pictures, with executive producers Chad Oakes and Mike Frislev, and Neil LaBute as showrunner, the series follows the last remaining underground vampires, who, after a catastrophic volcano eruption, rise up through a dark, ash - filled sky to overtake America.

As Scottish detective Bruce Robertson, James McAvoy is a volcano of perversions in full eruption.

PAHOA, Hawaii — White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as molten rock from Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that began more than two weeks ago.

The eruption of a volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali for the second time in a week spurred the evacuation of at least 24,000 people and the cancellation of scores of flights this weekend as a plume of ash and steam spewed more than 19,000 feet into the sky.

The Balinese volcano, the highest point on the island, has grown increasingly restless over the past week, with the alert system raised to its highest level early on Monday, as the nature of the eruptions has shifted from phreatic, or steam - based, to magmatic.

Indonesian officials have warned that Mount Agung is on the brink of a powerful eruption as the volcano continues to hurl ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air

The volcano's last violent activity in 1991 was the 2nd largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century, and has created a magnificent crater lake as well as altering the entire landscape.

The Arenal Volcano was alright to visit as long as you can accept you won't see the top of the volcano or any eruVolcano was alright to visit as long as you can accept you won't see the top of the volcano or any eruvolcano or any eruptions.

Indonesian authorities have banned activities like hiking within a certain radius of Bali's Mt. Agung volcano, as it shows signs of an imminent eruption, but some Hindu priests did so anyway over the weekend, attracting both criticism and support.

Despite increasing seismic activity at Mount Agung, a minister said tourists should not be afraid to visit Bali as the government has always been ready to give up - to - date information on the volcano's status to minimize the impact in the event of a major eruption.

A large eruption of Bali's restless Mount Agung volcano could be imminent, Indonesian officials have said as they called for 100,000 people to leave the area.

Mount Agung is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia - an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific «Ring of Fire».

The volcano had started erupting again on 27 April 2009, and the mountain was closed as the eruptions intensified with plumes of smoke and ash as high as 8,000 m. [1]

The eruption of the Santorini volcano thousands of years ago resulted in the creation of some of the most dazzling beaches in the world, with colorful sand and pebbles, such as the Red Beach and White Beach near Akrotiri, and the black and grey beaches of Kamari, Monolithos, Perissa and Perivolos.

It is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia - an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific «Ring of Fire».

The journey brings you into what is often referred to as «the world's most beautiful caldera» for a drive through the rugged rocky terrain and mysterious lunar - like landscape of the black lava fields of the volcano, a remnant of the last major eruption.

Today the volcano is still considered active but there have been no visible eruptions however it is still very much alive with gas coming out of the crater and the temperature of the surrounding hot springs remaining just as hot as years back.

Full - Day Tour: After traveling through Uga and Timanfaya National Park to see the geothermal demonstrations, follow the Route of the Volcanoes to see some of the more spectacular lava formations as your guide explains how they were formed by past eruptions.

Those looking to explore Playa Blanca's history as well as viewing some stunning natural wonders will enjoy a trip to the Green Caves, formed 3000 years ago during the eruptions of a volcano.

After the tragic 1968 eruption of Arenal Volcano that destroyed three of the area's main villages, the town of La Fortuna («The Fortune») was created as the central population center for the Arenal Volcano area.