Volcanoes
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Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
6 min read
An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023…
Article5 months ago
How Do We Know Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Measurements Don’t Include Volcanic Gases?
3 min read
In Brief: The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, and all around the…
Article1 year ago
NASA Mission Finds Tonga Volcanic Eruption Effects Reached Space
4 min read
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami…
Article2 years ago
Fire and Ice: Why Volcanic Activity Is Not Melting the Polar Ice Sheets
8 min read
By Alan Buis,NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Few natural phenomena are as impressive or awesome to behold as glaciers and volcanoes.…
Article5 years ago
Study Suggests Rainfall Triggered 2018 Kīlauea Eruption
4 min read
In May 2018 Kīlauea volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted, touching off months of intense activity. Through August, incandescent…
Article5 years ago
New NASA Radar Looks to Monitor Volcanoes and Earthquakes from Space
7 min read
Instead of looking up to the sky for bright bursts of fiery color, a research team spent Fourth of July…
Article5 years ago
