A super-eruption of an Italian volcano that may have played a major role in the Neanderthals' fate was apparently even larger than thought, new research suggests. full story ![]()
MOBILE, Ala. — An ancient forest found 60 feet underwater about 10 miles offshore of Alabama is much older than originally thought.
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Ancient woodlands covering an area larger than 12,700 football pitches are threatened with destruction to make way for new building developments and the controversial high-speed rail link.
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Wednesday after an initial eruption from its south-eastern crater on Tuesday
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May 2 - NASA time lapse captures solar eruption. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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Bad news, everyone - you have another near-certain world-ending catastrophe to look forward to. Scientists have confirmed that two continent-sized chemical blobs of partially melted rock are converging in the Pacific, and look set to create a massive new volcano which could prove cataclysmic to life on Earth. (In 100 million years.) Geologist Michael Thorne at the University...
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After an eruption overnight, residents in a town some 50 miles -- or 80 kilometers -- outside Mexico City brace for a major eruption.
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A sudden volcanic eruption in the Philippines sent down rocks “big as cars.”
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May 15 - The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City unleashes a powerful explosion overnight as residents brace for an eruption. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
reuters.com (5 days ago)
The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought, and more powerful.
discovery.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

A journey through the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, from the first settlement in Pompeii in 700BC, to the birth of the Roman Empire, the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius, and the resurrection of the ancient cities as wonders of archaeology
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