Taal Lake: A Protected area Crying in Distress

Taal Lake, It has been long famous that this site offers one of the best views in the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Every Filipino knows that the Taal Volcano & the Taal Lake are areas that one...

Yellowstone sees earthquakes for a third day

Yellowstone National Park in the US continued to suffer a series of small earthquakes for the third day in a row on Monday. There have been more than 250 tremors so far - and Yellowstone is known for "earthquake...

Mayon Volcano: 'A Natural Wonder'

Dagos tabi kamo! mga padi and madi...    (";) A journey to the majestic Mt. Mayon, comes to reality... one of Asia's best kept secret.  Mabuhay! 'Mayon Volcano' is an active...

Mount Vesuvius Eruption Scare Caused By F-16s Sonic Boom

Vesuvius apparantly fairly often causes scares in Naples there was one last year after claims that people would not be able to evacuate quickly enough if there was a similar eruption to the one that destroyed Pompeii...

Officials Suggest 'Safe Room' To Avoid Vog Dangers from Kilauea Volcano

"Officials from the Big Island reported to state lawmakers that they suggest residents prepare "safe rooms" regarding the ongoing eruption of dangerous gases from Kilauea Volcano. "We have to do something on an...

Ancient Pompeii: Declared An Emergency and Disaster Zone

" 28th July 2008 POMPEII, Italy: Citing threats to public security and to the site itself, the Italian government has for the first time declared a yearlong state of emergency for the ancient city of Pompeii. "...

Prehistoric volcanoes created much of the world's oil

Scientists at the University of Alberta believe they've figured out where a large portion of the world's oil came from--massive underwater volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago.  Their theory...

Volcano on Alaskan Island Erupts

On Saturday, ten people were rescued off the Aleutian Islands of Alska after an unexpected volcanic eruption. They were taken to Ductch Harbor 65 miles away were they stayed in a hotel. Fortunately, there were no...

Volcano erupts in Hawaii

"Kilauea volcano has been spewing lava in greater quantities than have ever been seen before, scientists have warned"

Italy declares Pompeii a state of emergency

Many years ago I took a train from Naples out to Pompei and even back then was slightly disappointed with it - it felt wrong somehow - the sellers selling cheap tat seemed out of place. I was uplifted though when I...

Survivors of Chilean Plane Crash Considered Eating Pilot

Under incredibly arduous conditions, survivors of a plane crash in Chile who were trapped for five days, contemplated cannibalism as they battled to survive."Survivors of a plane crash in southern Chile who spent five days huddled in a broken fuselage in sub-zero temperatures...

Victims pray for help after two years of mud volcano

"The eruption on the Indonesian island of Java killed 13 people, displaced some 36,000 and inundated 12 villages -- and there are now signs the entire area may sink and become a huge crater.A court has ruled the...

Study finds Indonesia `mud volcano` collapsing

""Such sudden collapses could be the beginning of a caldera -- a large basin-shaped volcanic depression," the institute was quoted by AFP as saying in a statement, adding that the caldera could be as much as 146...

Heat clouds raise Indonesian volcano alert

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia raised the alert level on the tallest volcano on Java island Thursday after it spewed heat clouds down its slopes, the volcanology office saidThe alert level of Mount Semeru was...

Video: Volcanologists Keep A Weary Eye on Mt Etna

"A second eruption occurred on the evening of 13 May from a fissure that opened NE of the SE crater, about 800m long. Catania airport had to be closed because of ash emission from Etna. Apart from the emission of...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from