eruption
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The Lilliputian people in the foreground look excited—or is it terrified?—and the heavy mood feels less like a romantic outing than a prelude to volcanic eruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Human remains inside of boat sheds, where people took shelter from the eruption of Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Oceanic plateaus are enormous elevated regions of seafloor formed by the eruption of vast quantities of lava.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Carn said a dramatic escalation appears unlikely because the eruption is associated with a volcanic ridge near the intersection of a transform fault and a back arc spreading center.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
There was only one man in the sky that afternoon who had seen an eruption before.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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A vast reservoir of magma beneath Japan's Kikai caldera appears to be filling again, offering scientists a rare glimpse into how some of Earth's largest volcanoes recover after catastrophic eruptions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Also called a cumulonimbus flammagenitus, they can occur during volcanic eruptions or, as in this case, when a wildfire roasts the air near the ground, causing it to rise quickly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Spreading centers are associated with less explosive activity, while the most explosive eruptions are usually along subduction zones and involve large stratovolcanoes."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
The continental nature of the crust makes a huge difference to its eruptions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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