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  • A Giant, Destructive Volcanic Eruption Is Set to Shake the World in the Coming Months, Bringing About the End of Mankind, Scientists Warn

    08/15/2025 9:56:56 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 127 replies
    Daily Galaxy ^ | August 15, 2025 | Arezki Amiri
    Hidden magma chambers, rising heat, and global climate implications are now under intense scrutiny. The stakes go far beyond the American West — and the timeline may be shorter than expected. Massive Volcanic Eruption. Credit: Shutterstock | The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel =============================================================================== A detailed geophysical study published in Nature in by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has refined our understanding of the Yellowstone supervolcano, uncovering new insights into its subsurface magma dynamics. Concurrently, climatological assessments by researchers such as Markus Stoffel (University of Geneva) have renewed discourse around the global systemic risks posed by a potential super-eruption —...
  • Buried Lake Erupts Under Greenland’s Ice, Unleashing A Colossal Crater

    08/08/2025 1:15:34 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    Daily Galaxy ^ | August 08, 2025 | Melissa Ait Lounis
    A violent eruption under Greenland’s ice exposed a secret lake and left a crater the size of a city. Credit: ESA | The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel A hidden lake beneath Greenland’s Harder Glacier unexpectedly erupted, unleashing a powerful surge of water that carved a massive crater in the ice. The dramatic event caught researchers off guard, as water surged upward through thick ice, creating a profound impact on the glacier. Over just ten days, the lake released 23.8 billion gallons (90 million cubic meters) of water, equivalent to nine hours of Niagara Falls’ full-force flow. A Violent Flood...
  • Long dormant Russian volcano erupts, spews ash 4 miles high

    08/04/2025 10:23:01 AM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    UPI ^ | Aug. 3, 2025 | Mark Moran
    An eastern Russian volcano has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which may have been related to an 8.8 magnitude earthquake last week... The Krasheninnikov Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula emitted a plume of ash 3.7 miles into the sky overnight. The last recorded eruption of the volcano happened in the 15th century.. ... Last week's massive earthquake was the latest in a series of seismic events in the region, including another temblor that shook a region 11 times zones away from Moscow on the Pacific peninsula ... Krasheninnikov is one of 8 volcanoes nestled among...
  • Woman, 20, dies on bus in Brazil with 26 iPhones glued to body

    08/03/2025 7:32:11 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 75 replies
    NY Post ^ | Aug. 2, 2025, | Chris Harris
    Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old Brazilian woman who died on a bus with 26 iPhones glued to her skin. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, died of cardiac arrest on July 29, according to multiple outlets, including the Daily Mail. Cops suspect the young woman was likely smuggling the iPhones, the Mirror reported. Passengers on the bus told police the woman, who was traveling solo, had become ill during the trip from Foz do Iguaçu to São Paulo, according to the reports. She complained she was having trouble breathing. Emergency responders tried to revive the...
  • Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years

    08/03/2025 6:00:31 AM PDT · by Openurmind · 30 replies
    Futurism ^ | Aug 2 2025 | Noor Al-Sibai
    Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described how they used motion sensors from its two billion-strong network of phones running Android between the years 2021 and 2024 to detect and alert quakes to users in almost 100 countries around the world. Known as "Android Earthquake Alerts" (AEA), this early warning system has uses the smartphones' accelerometers to detect telltale vibrations as they happen and inform residents of quakes in their areas....
  • Largest quake yet hits WA's Mount Rainier in ongoing 'earthquake swarm'

    07/10/2025 7:34:06 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 34 replies
    FOX 13 Seattle ^ | July 9, 2025 | Lauren Donovan
    Seismologists are closely monitoring Mount Rainier after a swarm of earthquakes struck the Pacific Northwest’s tallest volcano this week. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that hundreds of small quakes have occurred since the swarm began, making it the largest such event at the mountain since 2009.Wes Thelen, a seismologist with the Cascades Volcano Observatory, told FOX 13 Seattle that the quakes began as a concentrated group of seismic events happening in quick succession..."We had an increase in activity in seismic activity up to about 26 events an hour, which is a pretty good event rate for a quiet volcano,"...
  • Italy’s Mt. Etna erupts sending people running for safety as pyroclastic flows sweep down mountain

    06/02/2025 6:17:09 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 61 replies
    www.foxweather.com ^ | June 02, 2025 | Staff
    SICILY, Italy – Italy’s Mount Etna volcano violently erupted on Monday, sending plumes of toxic ash and smoke billowing into the sky as people on the mountain ran for safety to escape the danger. According to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), activity at Mount Etna on Sicily began during the pre-dawn hours on Monday and culminated with "intense and almost continuous" strombolian explosions hours later. The INGV said that strombolian activity is a relatively low-level volcanic eruption, during which a modest amount of energy is released. Dramatic photos and video showed dangerous pyroclastic flows racing down the...
  • Massive volcano eruption is imminent amid earthquake surge, leaving major US city on high alert, scientists fear (Alaska’s Mount Spurr)

    05/30/2025 9:43:12 AM PDT · by bitt · 32 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | May 30, 2025 | Ben Cost
    Is it going to blow — or blow over? Seismic activity levels on Alaska’s Mount Spurr soared to March levels earlier this week, sparking fear that an eruption could be on the horizon. “Earthquake activity beneath Mount Spurr remains elevated,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) warned in a May 28 report. “Following a steady decline from late March through April, shallow earthquake activity has increased in the past two weeks to March levels of about 100 events per week.” And while the advisory assured that the “likelihood of an eruption continues to gradually decline,” the 11,000-foot volcano remains at an...
  • First fault rupture ever filmed: M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar

    05/13/2025 8:54:26 AM PDT · by EVO X · 25 replies
    2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive ^ | 12 May 25 | 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive
    On March 28th, 2025, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar, causing a rupture in about 460 kilometers (290 miles) of the Sagaing fault line that runs through most of the country, causing shaking of at least intensity X on the Modified Mercalli scale. As heavy shaking was felt throughout much of Myanmar as well as other neighboring countries, the fault line moved side-to-side by as much 6 meters (20 feet) in some places, a movement which was captured by the camera in this video. This is the first (and currently only) known instance of a fault line motion being captured...
  • Deep-sea volcano off Oregon is rumbling again, likely to erupt anytime soon

    05/09/2025 9:50:57 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    Interesting Engineering ^ | May 08, 2025 | Neetika Walter
    While predicting the exact timing is tricky, scientists say said an eruption could occur later this year or even tomorrow. Deep below the Pacific, a restless seafloor volcano off Oregon is showing signs it may soon stir again. Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano located nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface, is flexing its geologic muscles. Perched on a hot spot along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, where the Pacific and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates are slowly pulling apart, the volcano is steadily inflating with magma, increasing the frequency of small earthquakes. Researchers with the National Science Foundation’s Ocean...
  • Ancient Fossils Reveal Massive Rhino Herds Once Roamed Nebraska

    04/23/2025 4:04:37 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 28 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | April 23, 2025 | Michael Miller, University of Cincinnati
    Ancient rhinos in Nebraska lived in large local herds and died slowly from volcanic ashfall, not sudden disaster. Credit: John Haxby/The University of Nebraska State Museum ************************************************************************* Volcanic eruption from 12 million years ago preserves a snapshot of extinct animal life. Rhinos that once roamed much of North America 12 million years ago likely lived in large herds, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati. Researchers examined isotopes in the teeth of rhinos found in what is now northeast Nebraska. At this site, more than 100 rhinos died at a single water hole and were buried in...
  • Scientists Uncover New Details About Yellowstone’s Supervolcano as Magma Chamber Sits Just 2.3 Miles Below Surface

    04/18/2025 11:24:03 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Discern Report ^ | April 18, 2025 | Staff
    * Yellowstone’s upper magma chamber is just 2.3 miles deep, closer than previously thought, raising new questions about eruption risks. * Scientists used advanced seismic imaging to map the magma system, revealing a silica-rich upper chamber and a larger basalt reservoir below. * Volatile gases venting naturally reduce pressure but don’t eliminate the long-term threat of a catastrophic eruption. * Past supereruptions reshaped landscapes and altered global climates — the last one was 640,000 years ago. * NASA’s controversial plan to cool the magma via drilling carries risks and would take millennia to show effects. ********************************************************************** Yellowstone National Park, home...
  • This Week in Volcano News; Azores Volcanic Earthquake Swarm, Kirishima Might Erupt

    03/31/2025 10:05:20 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 31, 2025 | GeologyHub
    This week, an unusually strong earthquake swarm occurred at an Azores volcano which last erupted a little over 300 years ago. Meanwhile, in Japan, the alert level was raised at the Kirishima volcano, suggesting an increased risk that it may soon erupt. And, in Indonesia, it appears that a new batch of magma has intruded underneath the highly potentially dangerous Mount Awu volcano. This video will discuss these stories and list the 47 actively erupting volcanoes around the planet via the analysis of a geologist. This video's thumbnail image displays the erupting Santiaguito lava dome (Santa Maria volcano) in Guatemala....
  • A New Vent Has Opened at the Yellowstone Supervolcano, and the Campi Flegrei Supervolcano Could Erupt “At Any Moment”

    03/21/2025 10:50:30 AM PDT · by Enterprise · 98 replies
    https://thelibertydaily.com ^ | Mar. 21, 2025 | Michael Snyder
    Are two of the most dangerous volcanoes in the entire world starting to wake up? We live at a time when seismic activity is on the rise all over the planet. More than three dozen volcanoes have recently erupted, and there have been more than 850 earthquakes in California and Nevada within the past seven days. Unfortunately, most people are not taking the threat that we are facing seriously. (snip) Thankfully, seismologists do not expect Yellowstone to erupt right now. (snip) In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a much larger and potentially catastrophic threat looms beneath the ground—Campi Flegrei, the...
  • Bronze Age Footprints Preserved During Vesuvius Eruption Are Found in Italy

    02/09/2025 2:36:11 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    ARTnews ^ | January 28, 2025 | Francesca Aton
    Bronze Age footprints, both from animals and from humans, were initially identified as work was conducted on the Diramazione Nocera-Cava dei Tirreni methane pipeline in the municipalities of Nocera Superiore, Nocera Inferiore, Roccapiemonte, and Castel San Giorgio. This prompted a two-year-long archaeological investigation.SoGEarch, an Italian archaeological society, oversaw the excavations through the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Salerno and Avellino.The footprints found near the Casarzano stream in Salerno, roughly 20 miles away from Pompeii, contained rock fragments from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Experts believe the people who left behind these prints were trying...
  • State of Emergency Declared for Santorini After Quakes

    02/06/2025 10:58:00 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 25 replies
    BBC ^ | 2/6 | Nikos Papanikolaou
    A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Santorini after days of consecutive earthquakes. It comes after a magnitude 5.2 tremor was recorded at 21:09 local time (19:09 GMT) on Wednesday between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini, making it the strongest in recent days. It is estimated to have occurred at a depth of 5km (3.1 miles). The decree will be in effect until 3 March to "address the emergency needs and manage the consequences", officials said. More than 11,000 people have already left Santorini, with around 7,000 departing by ferry and 4,000 by...
  • Greece on high alert as multiple earthquakes shake island of Santorini

    02/02/2025 9:08:07 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 36 replies
    CBS ^ | 02/02/2025
    A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and send instructions to residents including a request to drain their swimming pools. he strongest earthquake recorded was magnitude 4.6 at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. A few tremors of over magnitude 4 and dozens of magnitude 3 have followed. There were no reports of damage or casualties. Earthquake experts and officials from the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection and the fire service have...
  • Scientists Find Something Totally Unexpected Hidden Under Six North American Volcanoes

    01/30/2025 9:22:00 AM PST · by Red Badger · 73 replies
    The Debrief ^ | January 30, 2025 | Christopher Plain
    Scientists studying six North American volcanoes situated along the continent’s Cascade Range have found active magma underneath both active and dormant volcanic sites. Previous research has suggested that volcanoes lose significant magma volume when they erupt, and any remaining magma dissipates over time. The scientists behind the discovery argue that a better understanding of the conditions underneath volcanoes could answer several enduring questions about their lifecycles, including whether or not all dormant volcanoes contain pools of magma underneath. The researchers also believe a better understanding of these magma-filled chambers could help inform efforts to prepare for potential volcanic eruptions. Even...
  • Blue rings in Arctic trees expose a 150-year log of climate chaos

    01/23/2025 10:55:32 AM PST · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    Study Finds ^ | January 23, 2025 | Staff
    The width and color of tree rings provides an extraordinary glimpse into a tree's history. (Dmitr1ch/Shutterstock) How extreme weather leaves a lasting mark on trees and shrubs POZNAŃ, Poland — In the Arctic’s harsh borderlands, where trees wage a constant battle for survival, an international research team has discovered that extreme cold leaves lasting fingerprints in wood. These “blue rings,” visible only under a microscope, reveal centuries-old stories of climate disasters that once brought summer temperatures plunging to near-freezing. The study, published in Frontiers in Plant Science, examined pine trees and juniper shrubs in the Arctic. The research team ventured...
  • Devastating Volcanic Eruption Sparked Ritual Sacrifice of Neolithic Sun Stones

    01/16/2025 5:40:17 AM PST · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | January 16, 2025 | University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Humanities
    Archaeologists and climate scientists from the University of Copenhagen can now show that ritual sacrifices of sun stones coincided with a large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern Europe. This image shows two so-called sun stones, which are small flat shale pieces with finely incised patterns and sun motifs. They are known only from the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. Credit: National Museum of Denmark Volcanic eruptions shaped the destinies of ancient European societies, leading to dramatic cultural shifts and the emergence of sun worship practices among Neolithic communities. Archaeological findings, including the mysterious sun...