Alaska’s Mt Spurr volcano showing signs of eruption amid surge in quakes and gas emissions (Picture credit: X) Dozens of mini-earthquakes have rattled Alaska’s Mount Spurr over the past week, sparking fears among scientists that the towering 11,000-foot volcano may be on the verge of a major eruption. According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO),…
An armed resistance group in Myanmar accused the junta on Sunday of launching airstrikes on villages across the country. The attacks came as the Southeast Asian nation struggled with back-to-back earthquakes that have left around 1,700 dead. The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar’s oldest ethnic outfits, said in a statement that the junta “continues…
Scientists have made an awe-inspiring finding beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet through thousands of ice quakes that were undetected before now. These weak seismic activities are somewhat comparable to earthquakes but occur deep within the ice streams, giving good information about the very complex movements of the frozen rivers on the island. This can completely…
February is a slow time on the Greek island of Santorini, which draws more than three million visitors annually. But after another week of near-constant earthquakes, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in the past week. The streets…
When Andreas Fichtner unspooled a fiber-optic cable into a deep hole in Greenland’s ice, he wasn’t expecting to discover a whole new way that glaciers move. Even when the cable started sending back data, his first reaction was skeptical. “Rubbish,” Dr. Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at the Swiss university ETH Zurich,…
Schools remained shut and additional flights were scheduled to help people leave the Greek island of Santorini on Monday as dozens of tremors shook the popular holiday destination for a fourth day. Tremors have been recorded between the volcanic islands of Santorini and Amorgos in the Aegean Sea since Friday, forcing authorities to close schools…