Tag: Volcano
Travel to Iceland | Case
In Iceland, the curious can undertake a geological journey into the world of subglacial volcanoes and rift oceanic, which still holds some mysteries. They will also find there ongoing research…
How can volcanoes cool the climate?
Volcanic eruptions are capable of modifying the climate of the Planet. Depending on their power and their location on the globe, these eruptions, which last only a few days to…
Volcanic eruption in Tonga helps scientists better understand Mars
The violent eruption of Hunga Tonga-hunga Ha’apai on January 15 marked the spirits. However, scientists are familiar with this young volcano whose formation they have been following for several years…
Extraterrestrial life: life as we know it on Earth could also exist on Mars
Some environments on Earth are unmistakably similar to those that may have existed on Mars in the past. And in these environments, researchers find living organisms endowed with formidable adaptive…
Extraterrestrial life: how life as we know it could also exist on Mars
Some environments on Earth are unmistakably similar to those that may have existed on Mars in the past. And in these environments, researchers find living organisms endowed with formidable adaptive…
The famous Ambrym volcano in Vanuatu has awakened
In the archipelago of Vanuatu, located off the Pacific Ocean, an eruption began on January 25 in the Bembow crater, at the top of the volcano on Ambrym Island. Eruptive…
50 million years ago, the Pacific plate suddenly changed direction. Why ?
In the Pacific, the route of the Hawaii-Emperor volcanic chain has long been used as an indisputable witness to the movement of tectonic plates. However, it shows that a major…
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’Apai: portrait of the giant underwater volcano that erupted on January 15
Its formidable January 15 eruption attracted attention. But what is this volcano at the origin of the tsunami which propagated in the Pacific Ocean and whose shock wave circled the…
How big was the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’Apai volcano? Decryption
Like the shock wave it generated, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’Apai volcano erupted around the world. Firstly for its magnitude, which allows it to be referenced as a…
Why did the Hunga Tonga volcano explode?
Tsunami, ash plume, shock wave… the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022 was particularly violent. But what are the causes of this explosion? On January 14,…