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Vulcan’s twins: How two volcanic explosions changed the world
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Volcano that Turned Eighteenth-Century Europe Dark. By Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe. Profile Books; 224 pages; £10.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk Tambora: The Eruption that Changed the World. By Gillen D’Arcy Wood. Princeton University Press; 293 pages; $29.95 and £19.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk FOR most […]
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Fluoride analysis of ice cores using fast ion chromatography
Scientists from the University of Florence in Italy have developed a novel fast ion chromatographic (FIC) method for the analysis of fluoride in Antarctic snow and ice. Data from fluoride analysis has the potential to assist scientists to build up a picture of past volcanic activity. Polar ice sheets are one of the “cleanest” sampling […]
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Nyamuragira volcano (DRCongo) activity update: steaming/degassing from pit inside summit caldera
Recent NASA satellite images from 11 June 2013 show a thick steam and gas plume rising from a pit crater in the summit caldera of Nyamuragira volcano. No evidence of lava close to the surface was found, while the lava lake in neighboring Nyiragongo remains well active and visible on the same images. Nyamuragira’s plume […]
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New Zealand dental therapist to study Vanuatu teeth
A New Zealand dental therapist set to begin doctoral study into dental health in Vanuatu says she expects to find many people with fluorosis. Liz Webb has just completed a post-graduate diploma in clinical research at Victoria University that focused on the relationship between the oral health of Maori women and that of their children. […]
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Tongariro: Flights cancelled in wake of eruption
Excerpts: Steam is still coming out of Mt Tongariro. However no ash has fallen on the roads nearby. Newstalk ZB’s Annabel Reid is there, and says most people have heeded advice and stayed away from the area. “There are just a number of warning messages plastered on the Visitor Centre. Ruapehu, of course, the volcanic […]
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Tongariro ash threat to stock
After the second Tongariro eruption, farmers and rural residents have been advised to prepare in case an even larger eruption spreads high levels of ash. Federated Farmers’ warning has gone to members in Hawke’s Bay, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua-Taupo, Taranaki, Ruapehu, Tararua, Wanganui, Gisborne, Manawatu-Rangitikei, and Wairarapa. “While the scale of the August 6 […]
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Restless Mt Ruapehu raises risk of eruption
The likelihood of Mt Ruapehu erupting has increased – with temperature changes indicating eruptions were “more likely over the next weeks to months”. GNS duty volcanologist Steven Sherburn said yesterday temperatures a few hundred metres beneath the volcano’s crater lake were about 800C, but the lake itself was only about 20C. “This suggests the vent […]
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Indonesia Volcano Unleashes Cloud Of Ash, Warnings Issued
Clouds of volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau, or child of Krakatau, have become so prominent in recent days that Indonesian authorities have issued a warning for local residents and tourists. “The ash was carried by wind from the southeast to the south, reaching Bandarlampung,” Nurhuda, head of the observation and information section of the Meteorology, […]
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Mt. Tongariro. Federated Farmers: Ash Advisory
For all farmers in Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua-Taupo, Taranaki, Ruapehu, Tararua, Wanganui, Gisborne-Wairoa, Manawatu-Rangitikei, Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa Initial analysis of ash confirms no current human-health or agricultural threat beyond the immediate vicinity of the volcano Initial analysis of ash produced from the 6 August 2012 eruption from Mt. Tongariro has shown moderate levels […]
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Dental fluorosis linked to degassing of Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu: a novel exposure pathway
Abstract Ambrym in Vanuatu is a persistently degassing island volcano whose inhabitants harvest rainwater for their potable water needs. The findings from this study indicate that dental fluorosis is prevalent in the population due to fluoride contamination of rainwater by the volcanic plume. A dental survey was undertaken of 835 children aged 6-18 years using […]
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