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The Bronze Age eruption of Thera near mainland Greece would have devastated ancient civilisations in the region. Ash would likely have plunged much of the Mediterranean into darkness, and tsunami would have wrecked local ports. A survey around what is now the island arc of Santorini shows volcanic pumice to a depth of 80m covering the ocean floor for 20-30km in all directions.
2006-08-27
ancient Greece volcano TheraNasa's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back images of a huge volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io...
2007-03-01
Moon volcano New Horizons Jupiter IoGeologists in Iceland are drilling directly into the heart of a hot volcano. Their $20m project will lead to boreholes that could ultimately yield 10 times as much geothermal power as any previous project.
2006-03-26
volcano Iceland energy geothermalAmazing video has been obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea eruption ever recorded.
2009-12-18
ocean volcano Pacific Ocean24 August, AD79. The day one volcanic mountain came to life and two cities met their deaths. Pompeii and the nearby settlement of Herculaneum were consumed by a mixture of heat, falling pumice stone and ash. Mount Vesuvius, about 9km (5.5 miles) away, had exploded, sending a mass of volcanic debris high into the air, which then landed like a military bombardment on the citizens of the two cities below. Estimates of deaths in both places...
2010-04-05
Pompeii Herculaneum Napoli Naples Vesuvius cast statue volcano ashA volcanic eruption in Iceland is continuing to ground flights in the UK and Europe, but 227 years ago a far more devastating eruption occurred wiping out a fifth of the island's population - as well as tens of thousands across Europe. On 8 June, 1783, the young country of Iceland - inhabited for less than 1,000 years - had a population of 50,000. In the coming years, as a result of what began that Sunday morning at 9am, 10,000 of...
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Iceland volcano Laki sulphur dioxide