Tuesday, February 14, 2012

MVO Organises Montserrat Science Week

MVO Organises Montserrat Science Week As part of the first-ever Montserrat Science Week, MVO held an Open Day on Thursday 19 January. MVO Open Day showcased MVO’s monitoring work with activities including: Tour of the Operations Room with interactive seismic activities Hands-on demonstrations of deformation monitoring, gas monitoring, and safety equipment Volcanic rocks and artefacts Students from Brades, Lookout and St. Augustine’s Primary Schools, Lighthouse Community Academy, and Montserrat Secondary School came to MVO throughout the day to get hands on experience from the special demonstrations. Members of the general public...

Growth Spurt at a Bolivian Volcano Is Fertile Ground for Study

Growth Spurt at a Bolivian Volcano Is Fertile Ground for Study Noah Friedman-Rudovsky for The New York TimesRISING Satellite measurements show that Uturuncu has grown more than half an inch a year for almost 20 years. By JEAN FRIEDMAN-RUDOVSKY Published: February 13, 2012 Recommend Twitter Linkedin  UTURUNCU VOLCANO, Bolivia — The broad hill at the base of Uturuncu is unassuming. Its gentle arc fades naturally into the Andean landscape. Multimedia   RSS Feed  But...

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