eruption
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The researchers identified striking differences in how communities across Japan responded to the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
One theory describes an almost complete apocalypse, with human populations abruptly disappearing from areas closest to the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The eruption of chaos in the stadium was certainly helped by the fact that the fan groups hated each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The extended day has always been a sad fact of French school life and can hardly account for the present eruption.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The eruption had shattered the mountain, and now a fifty-mile-wide avalanche of rock and mud and melted ice was taking aim at the valley below.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
Understanding its underground activity could help scientists recognize warning signs of future eruptions and better protect nearby communities.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rather than behaving unpredictably, these delayed eruptions may be governed by a common physical threshold.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
That includes eruptions from volcanoes that continue to pose risks to heavily populated regions around Mexico City, Naples and Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Along with improving calibration of the argon/argon dating method, Renne said the findings establish a new benchmark for how accurately the technique can determine the ages of relatively recent volcanic eruptions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
In the decade following the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists accurately forecasted fourteen subsequent eruptions to within days or weeks.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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