The first volcano scientists of an international team deposited on a Southeast Alaska island by helicopter Sunday quickly learned they had an unwanted presence to contend with. A grizzly. And this one wouldn’t move from its position about 100 yards from the beach site where the scientists and their instruments were gathered. “We were just […]
Three pairs of scientists began walking purposefully on one end of a curving Kruzof Island beach on a cloudy, cool and damp Monday, then stopped to take measurements. The three teams, spaced equally apart up the roughly 500 feet from the incoming tide to the grassy skirt in front of the thick forest, repeated […]
Last month, officials said activity at the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea had stopped. That changed Thursday when officials at the U.S. Geological Survey said Kilauea had erupted again and posted photographs of the lava flow at the volcano’s summit. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said late Thursday, “Kīlauea’s volcano alert level and aviation color code will remain […]
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has begun erupting for the first time since the 1980s, prompting authorities to put emergency crews on alert. The volcano began spewing lava and ash late Sunday. The U.S. Geological Service (USGS) said Monday the lava is contained within the summit and does not currently threaten residents […]