Popocatepetl, Etna, Nyamuragira: Volcanoes erupt on three continents

Ash spewed on towns and cities nearby by the three volcanoes throws normal life out of gear

Churn under sea: Can increase in seafloor spreading speed up global warming

Seafloor spreading, caused by an upwelling of magma, has led to episodes of global warming in the geologic past; the spread rate has slowed down …

Climate change likely to trigger frequent and severe volcanic eruptions: Studies

Rainfall can destabilise the lava domes of a volcano leading to eruptions; it can also infiltrate the subsurface, causing magma to rise  

Mayon volcano erupts

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8 million deaths, economic losses amounting to $7 trillion due to disasters since 1900

Floods accounted for 60 per cent of the economic losses and nearly half of the deaths

New research detects pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes

Scientifically and emotively, we think every volcano has its own “personality”. However, volcanoes share behaviour traits — and …

New map of Earth’s tectonic plates to help understand quakes, volcanoes better

The study, of which the map is a part, sheds light on how past continents were formed by tectonic movements; new microplates have been added with …

‘The Earth is revealing the carbon cycle to modern science’

Balz S Kamber speaks to Down To Earth about the effect of anthropogenic emissions on the global carbon cycle

Volcanoes play their own role in warming Earth: Study

It also found that all volcanoes on the planet are emitting carbon dioxide

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Thriving in the face of adversity: Resilient gorillas reveal clues about overcoming childhood misfortune

Animals that survived past the age of 6 did not have the shorter life spans commonly associated with early life adversity in other species