Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids Volcanoes (Volcanoes are not associated with weather, but instead are natural disasters.) What is a volcano?A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. Click Here to learn more about volcanoes from USGS. How are volcanoes formed? What are plate tectonics? Click Here to learn more about plate tectonics and the drifting of our continents. How many volcanoes are there? What are the different types of volcanoes? What is the difference between lava and magma? Why does lava take a long time to cool down? What is a pyroclastic flow? What is lahar? What is pumice? What is the largest active volcano? What is the Ring of Fire? When did Mount St. Click Here for more info on Mount St. Click Here to see an animation of an earthquake and the resulting tsunami. Know the Lingo MAGMA - Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano.LAVA - Lava is the liquid rock (magma) that flows out of a volcano. Volcano Safety Tips Volcano Activities
it has good videos on it volcano fact Super Volcanoes in Idaho More Powerful Than Yellowstone An ongoing research project is looking into the possibility that the Yellowstone super-volcano was nothing more than the ‘dwindling member’ of a much older, larger and fiercer volcanic system. For millions of years the Snake River Plain was a hotbed of volcano activity as North America shifted southwestward. As the continent drifted the earth’s crust was pulled apart, forming a large depression which became the Snake River Plain, in what is now Idaho. Now, a new study by an international team of researchers suggests that a series of eruptions at Central Snake River Plain which took place between 16 and 8 millions years ago could have been more powerful than the colossal eruptions known to have taken place at Yellowstone. A multi-technique approach, involving whole rock and mineral chemistries, palaeomagnetic data, and radio-isotopic dates, was deployed by the team. According to the team’s study, the scale of the twelve eruptions was incredible. For more information: www.crossref.org
Weather wiz kids note Alaina, jessica, and Amelia Plosky Tolbachik volcano erupts: NASA satellite captures red-hot lava flowing in Russia The Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted after lying dormant for 36 yearsInfra-red and visible light images captured by NASA's Earth Observing 1 satellite show hot lava spewing from volcanoThe lava flows reportedly destroyed two research camps and forced schools in nearby villages to close By Kerry Mcdermott Published: 02:56 GMT, 10 December 2012 | Updated: 23:31 GMT, 10 December 2012 These astonishing aerial images captured by a NASA satellite reveal molten lava spewing from a Russian volcano that suddenly erupted after lying dormant for 36 years. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula burst into activity on November 27, sending clouds of ash almost 10,000 feet into the air, and leading some experts to warn it could go on to unleash an eruption as powerful as that seen from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokel in 2010, which caused more than a week of air traffic disruption. Scroll down for video
Volcanoes | Ready.gov Prepare Now Survive During Be Safe After Related Content If you are a disaster survivor, please visit FEMA.gov for up-to-date information on current disaster declarations. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust that allows molten rock, gases and debris to escape to the surface. There are 161 potentially active volcanoes in the United States. A volcanic eruption can: Contaminate water supplies.Damage machinery.Reduce visibility through smog and harmful gases that may threaten low-lying areas.Make it hard to breathe and irritate the skin, eyes, nose and throat. Listen for emergency information and alerts.Follow evacuation or shelter orders. Prepare NOW Survive DURING Listen to alerts. Be Safe AFTER Listen to authorities to find out when it is safe to return after an eruption. Related Content
awesome and cool pictures Yellowstone National Park Live-streaming Webcam at Old Faithful Geyser Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful Geyser Live-streaming Webcam spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreen ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% Old Faithful Geyser is predicted to erupt at 10:07am ± 10 minutes Mountain Time on September 7, 2017. Old Faithful Geyser—located near the southern end of the Upper Geyser Basin—was named by members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition. Thanks to webcam volunteers, this webcam also pans and zooms to other parts of the Upper Geyser Basin—one of the most unique and dynamic places on earth with about 300 active geysers. Upper Geyser Basin Map Additional Resources This live view is made possible by the Eyes on Yellowstone program funded by Canon USA, Inc. through a generous grant to Yellowstone Forever.
Kids - Earth - Volcanoes Mount Etna There are about 1,500 active volcanoes, with 50 or so erupting each year. Most of these volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean – a belt known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire”. Europe has its own volcanoes, such as Etna and Vesuvius, that have erupted many times in history. At least 500 million people live close to an active volcano. When an eruption occurs, nearby areas may be covered with ash and red-hot lava. Fields and buildings may be buried. Mount Etna sputtering hot rock and ash ESA’s Envisat and ERS-2 satellites study volcanoes in many different ways. Radar can view the “breathing” of a volcano as molten rock moves inside it. Such data saves lives and helps to predict when the next eruption will come.
Victims of Mt St Helen's Eruption The Victims of the Eruption But even to this day, controversy bubbles just beneath the surface. It is well known that local government was pressured by logging companies to make the restricted areas smaller than recommended by the USGS. Millions of dollars in revenue were going to be lost if loggers could not get in to retrieve lumber. Unfortunately, we may never know if there were other victims who chose the wrong day to stray too close to the mountain and were never counted as victims. Below is a list of the known victims of the eruption. Victims Who Were Recovered Victims Never Recovered Pages designed May 1998 by Valerie A.