Satellite imagery reveals a dramatic shift on Sertung Island following Anak Krakatau’s eruption. As lush greenery turns to ash, a new natural laboratory emerges for studying the birth of soil.
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It’s hard to overstate just how big the 1883 eruptions were, and the catastrophic and often strange impacts that followed. For starters, the Moon went blue.
The Rev. Sereno Edwards Bishop mobilized ship captains to track the extraordinary sunsets appearing around the world after Krakatau erupted in 1883.
Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
Indonesia has a warning system for tsunamis generated by earthquakes – but not volcanoes.
Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
The clock is ticking.
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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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Associate Professor of Geosciences; Director for the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute, Boise State University
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Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Reader in Coastal Engineering, University of East London
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
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Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, University of Sydney
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Professor of Soil Science, Universitas Andalas
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Dosen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan, Universitas Andalas
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Lecturer at Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu