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Scientists scour ‘Mexico’s Galapagos’ for quake, volcano clues

EARTH
Could a volcanic eruption off Mexico's coast unleash a tsunami like the one that devastated Tonga? What really causes tectonic plates to shift and...

Iceland volcano eruption in 1783-84 did not spawn extreme heat wave

VOLCANOES
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the...

Understanding the Earth under Hawaii

VOLCANOES
In the 1960s, some 50 years after German researcher Alfred Wegener proposed his continental drift hypothesis, the theory of plate tectonics gave scientists a...

Tonga Eruption

VOLCANOES
On January 15, the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai devastated the nation of Tonga. The eruption triggered tsunamis as far afield as the Caribbean and...

Hidden weaknesses within volcanoes may cause volcano collapse

VOLCANOES
Lava domes form at the top of many volcanoes when viscous lava erupts. When they become unstable, they can collapse and cause a hazard....
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