Latest Volcanic hazards Stories
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As National Preparedness Month begins, it may be a good time to reflect on the threats we face around us, including damaging hurricanes, devastating wildfires, extreme heat waves and severe drought, among others. To help keep us informed, the US Geological Survey (USGS) is planning to bring daily content in the form of preparedness information, posted over social media channels, alerting of the dangers we face and how to best...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In a new report published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, two scientists showed they may now be able to detect signs of an impending volcanic eruption by analyzing satellite imagery. Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) over the active volcanoes in Indonesia's west Sunda arc, the vulcanologists from University of Miami uncovered evidence that showed the ℠inflation´ of several volcanoes prior to...
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