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Volcano erupts on Galapagos island, spewing lava into the sea


abcnews.go.com
Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:27 UTC
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting, spilling lava down its sides toward the sea.

Ecuador's Galapagos National Park said the La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island began erupting Sunday night.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Australia ash/smoke cloud circles Southern Hemisphere - Taal volcano erupts


Adapt 2030
Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:26 UTC
Taal volcano in Philippines 'goes electric' January 2020
© BBCTaal volcano in Philippines 'goes electric' January 2020
Dust, ask and smoke in both hemispheres causing strange weather extremes. Australia ash/smoke cloud from fires passed over New Zealand causing summer snow, South America next for that plume to pass over. Taal erupts in Philippines on the same low solar activity lows as was seen in 1913 which we reached in Dec 2019. Dust storms the length of Australia add to the blowing ash/smoke from the wildfires there. Question: How much debris in our atmosphere does it take before temperatures drop?


Comment: Taal Volcano near Manila, Philippines erupts for first time in 50 years - Onlookers stunned by electric display

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Taal Volcano near Manila, Philippines erupts for first time in 50 years - Onlookers stunned by electric display


RT
Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:24 UTC

Comment: ANOTHER erupting volcano 'goes electric'! It's hard to believe now because it's common in these strange times, but the sight of lightning being emitted from an erupting volcano was once folklore...


taal volcano philippines
© AFP / Bullit MarquezPeople take photos of the Taal volcano as seen from the town of Tagaytay in Cavite province, southwest of Manila, on January 12, 2020.
The Philippines' Taal volcano has erupted, spewing a large column of ash which prompted raised alert levels and the evacuation of nearby communities. Making the sight even more menacing, lightning was seen hitting the ash plume.

The eruption began on Sunday and was caught on video by numerous bystanders, as well as surveillance cameras used to monitor the volcano. While Taal has been quiet since 1977, when the last major eruption occurred, it has been exhibiting increased seismic activity over the past few years.

The initial eruption is described as phreatic - meaning it occurs when heated magma evaporates ground or surface water.


Comment: UPDATE 14 Jan 2020

Taal volcano's eruption continues. Check out the latest videos. ELECTRIFYING!



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Volcanoes melting West Antarctic glaciers, 3 new studies confirm

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:28 UTC
west antactica volcano glacier
Not only are volcanoes melting the ice in Antarctica, previous studies show that underwater volcanoes (not humans) are melting ice in the Arctic.

"Three new research studies confirm that geothermal heat flow, not man-made global warming, is the dominant cause of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melting," writes geologist James Edward Kamis.

Outlined in red is West Antarctica's subglacial Marie Byrd bedrock mantle plume "hotspot". Red shading shows West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) thinning from 1992 to 2017 (credit research study to NASA, mantle plume outline by J. Kamis).

(1) One study, entitled "Evidence of an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier", proves that the Pine Island Glacier of West Antarctica is melting and retreating from geothermal heat from a currently active subglacial volcano, not man-made global warming. See National Science Foundation's press release here.

Comment: It can't be global warming when colder summers are killing Antarctica's moss forests.

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Volcano erupts on southwestern Japan island


Kyodo News
Sat, 11 Jan 2020 11:08 UTC
Mt. Shintake
© Japan Meteorological AgencyMt. Shintake
A volcano on a southwestern Japan island erupted Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with no immediate reports of injuries.

Rocks were thrown about 300 meters from the crater of Mt. Shintake on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture following the eruption around 3:05 p.m., the agency said, adding it had not confirmed any pyroclastic flow.

No evacuation order was issued. As of the end of last month, 100 people were registered as residents on the 36-square-kilometer island.

It was the first eruption on the island since Feb. 2 last year.

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Mexico issues yellow alert after Popocatepetl volcano erupts spectacularly


RT
Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:05 UTC
Popocatepetl volcano erupts spectacularly
© ProtecciónCivilSeguridad / Twitter @CNPC_MX

One of Mexico's most active volcanoes, Popocatepetl, erupted on Thursday morning, spewing ash high into the air above and showering lava around its crater. Officials have issued a yellow alert in response to the volcanic activity.

Dramatic footage of the moments of eruption were caught on camera at around 6.30am local time. Officials say the volcanic blast sent up a column of smoke about 3 kilometers high, with a moderate ash content.

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Shishaldin volcano in Alaska erupts, producing 24,000 feet ash cloud and 'volcanic lightning'

Hope McKenney
kucb.org
Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:01 UTC

Comment: ANOTHER erupting volcano 'goes electric'! It's hard to believe now because it's common in these strange times, but the sight of lightning being emitted from an erupting volcano was once folklore...


This image was taken a few hours after the Jan. 3 explosion, which deposited ash on the southern flanks of the volcano. Lava flows are visible to the northwest and northeast. An ash plume is visible erupting from the summit.
© Alaska Volcano ObservatoryThis image was taken a few hours after the Jan. 3 explosion, which deposited ash on the southern flanks of the volcano. Lava flows are visible to the northwest and northeast. An ash plume is visible erupting from the summit.
Shishaldin Volcano had an eruption Friday morning that produced an ash cloud approximately 24,000 feet and volcanic lightning.

Matt Haney, a geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, said the volcano - located about 58 miles southwest of Cold Bay - has been active since July.

"Shishaldin has been in an eruptive state for the past few months," said Haney. "It's been having lava flows that have been spreading out on the north side of the volcano. But interspersed with those lava flows have been these periods of explosive eruptive activity."

Haney said the main hazard from an eruption at Shishaldin is to aviation, but no flights had been impacted, and no ash fall was expected in communities last week.
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Researchers track the creation of giant underwater volcano in the Indian Ocean

Nick Carne
Cosmos Magazine
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:08 UTC
Mayotte Main Island
© Peter Giovannini / GETTY IMAGESAll’s quiet onshore. Mayotte’s main island, Grande Terre.
Scientists are unravelling the dramatic events that created a huge underwater volcano off Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 2018 - an event not confirmed until the following year.

An international team led by Simone Cesca from Germany's GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) is reconstructing the partial emptying of what it says is one of the deepest and largest active magma reservoirs ever discovered in the upper mantle.

And, the researchers report in the journal Nature Geoscience, it's rather as they expected.

Mayotte's two islands are part of the Comoros archipelago, which lies between Africa and Madagascar.

Unusual seismic activity in the area began with a swarm of thousands of "seemingly tectonic" earthquakes, the researchers say, culminating in an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 in May 2018.

From June, however, a new form of earthquake signal emerged and the 20-to-30-minute signals - known as Very Long Period (VLP) signals - are so strong that they can be recorded up to a thousand kilometres away.
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2019 science: Absolutely no climate alarm

P Gosselin
No Tricks Zone
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:25 UTC
No alarm on every aspect: stable polar ice, normal sea level rise, no consensus, growing snow cover, less tropical storms, tornadoes, shrinking deserts, global greening, predictions wrong, models flawed, climate driven by sun, ocean cycles, biodiversity, warmer 1000 years ago...etc...

Global Temperatures
© No Tricks Zone
2019 saw a great amount of new science emerge showing that there's nothing alarming or catastrophic about our climate.

Some 2019 scientific findings

Need to make a presentation showing there is no climate alarm? The following findings we reported on in 2019 will put many concerns to rest.

Hundreds of peer-reviewed papers ignored by media

What follows are some selected top science-based posts we published here at NoTricksZone in 2019. These new findings show there is absolutely no climate alarm.

Hundreds of new peer-reviewed papers, charts, findings, etc - which the IPCC, activists and media ignore and even conceal. No wonder they've gotten so shrill.
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Sudden volcanic hot spots and safe zone ash layers


Adapt 2030
Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:56 UTC
undersea volcanoes off new zealand
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Unusual heat blob appears over a range of underwater volcanoes east of New Zealand, could this be related to the White Island eruption? Costa Rica Arenal volcano over the last 7000 years gives some indication of the habitability of Central America in a Grand Solar Minimum. Double cyclones spin across the N. Atlantic.


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