St Vincent is rocked by more volcano explosions after first eruption in more than 40 years

A volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted for a second time as thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate.   A second explosion of the La Soufriere volcano was observed on Friday, six hours after it erupted for the first time in more than 40 years yesterday morning.  While out conducting fieldwork, … Read more

St Vincent warns of volcano eruption risk, orders evacuations

Thousands of residents of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to the imminent eruption at the La Soufriere volcano. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said people living in so-called red zones in the northwest and northeast of the island needed to leave … Read more

Drought caused by volcanic eruption led Egyptians to abandon Berenike 2,100 years ago

Climate change has been influencing human development for thousands of years, according to scientists examining why a well-fortified port city in Egypt was suddenly abandoned more than 2,100 years ago. Berenike, also known as Berenike Troglodytica, was a fortified city founded in 275 BC by Macedonian pharaoh Ptolemy II, who named it after his mother, … Read more

A volcanic eruption on Iceland ‘could be imminent’

A volcanic eruption in Iceland ‘could be imminent’ after more than 18,000 earthquakes hit the island in the past week, authorities have warned. On Wednesday alone, there were about 2,500 earthquake detected and since midnight on Thursday almost 800 earthquakes measured, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO).  The largest earthquake measured magnitude 5.6 on the … Read more

Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris 

Ashes to ashes: Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris Etna’s activity intensified earlier today as it spewed lava at 300 metres high with a subsequent rain of ash Residents in the nearby villages including Giarre, Fornazzo and Catania have been left to clear the debris National Institute … Read more

Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption

Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends columns of ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption Eruption started on Tuesday afternoon and sent ash billowing 3,000ft high  Catania’s airport was closed and emergency services in nearby villages on alert  Footage shows smoke glowing red and yellow as it stretches for miles in the sky  … Read more

Moment Mount Etna eruption sends a stream of lava and smoke 328 feet into the air over Sicily

An eruption at Mount Etna sent a violent stream of lava and smoke hundreds of feet into the air above Sicily Sunday night. Volcanic activity was first detected from the southeast crater shortly before 9:30pm local time. The eruption lasted through Monday morning, with a dense ash plume some three miles high and lava fountains … Read more

Huge eruption on the surface of the sun could mean aurora borealis are visible in the UK and US

Huge eruption on the surface of the sun could mean aurora borealis are visible in the UK and US this week – but experts warn of interference with power grids and GPS signals Solar storms happen when particles from the Sun hit the Earth’s magnetic field These charged particles interact with the field and generate … Read more

Remains of wealthy man and slave fleeing eruption of Vesuvius are uncovered in Pompeii

What happened?   Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.   Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more

Biggest mass extinction ’caused by volcanic eruption in Siberia’

University of Bristol palaeontologist Professor Mike Benton has said that the ancestors of both mammals and birds became warm-blooded at the same time, some 250 million years ago.  Around this time, life was recovering from the greatest mass extinction of all time – the Great Dying.  The Great Dying mass extinction killed around 90 per cent … Read more