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Devin Booker meets artist James Turrell at Roden Crater, explores rare land art before Iceland volcano visit
The Times of India
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Devin Booker is in Phoenix Sun now (Image via Instagram / @dbook) NBA star Devin Booker is now enjoying himself in Iceland. The Phoenix Suns guard was spotted on Thursday watching a live volcano explosion. He even had the opportunity to view Roden...
“Humanity Has Lit the Fuse”: Scientists Terrified as Hundreds of Dormant Volcanoes Threaten to Explode Due to Climate Chaos
Sustainability Times
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July 18, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌋 Subglacial volcanoes may awaken due to the melting of glaciers, posing a significant threat to global stability. 🧊 Research highlights the impact of glacial weight and pressure on volcanic activity, revealing potential for more...
Anduril Expands Across Europe With Next-Gen Anti-Submarine and Infrastructure Defense Solutions
Naval news
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July 31, 2025
With a growing product line enabling undersea warfare, Anduril believes its maritime domain products fit the needs of several European navies—while meeting the urgency and scale required to quickly stand up a force capable of performing a wide...
9th volcanic eruption strikes southwest Iceland amid ongoing seismic activity
EasternEye
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July 16, 2025
Highlights A volcano erupted on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula early Wednesday morning This is the ninth eruption in the region since December 2023 The main fissure is 1.5 miles long, with a second fissure measuring 500 metres Residents and...
Valur Ingimundarson: “Iceland’s potential EU membership remains a hotly contested domestic issue”
Ukrainian Week
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July 17, 2025
Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland and Chair of the EDDA Research Centre, specialises in international history, geopolitics, Arctic politics, and Iceland’s foreign, defence, and security...
These are the best things to do in Reykjavik, whatever your style
The Times
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The world’s most northerly capital may have a population — around 140,000 — about the size of Norwich, but it’s got the personality of a much bigger metropolis. Subversive, stylish and endlessly creative, Reykjavik abounds with energy year-round,...
Why are so many Chattanoogans taping their mouths shut?
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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August 1, 2025
A chiseled jawline, a deep sleep and an end to your not-so-charming, nightly snoring. These are just a few of the supposed perks of -- yes -- taping your mouth shut before bed. Once reserved for hostage scenes and horror movies, mouth taping has...
Scientists end debate about Scotland's volcanic mystery that once rivalled Hawaii
Scottish Daily Express
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July 10, 2025
Scottish scientists have discovered that the landscape formed the Inner Hebrides once rivalled the volcanic hotspot of modern day Hawaii. Geologists from the University of Aberdeen have settled a scientific debate once and for all after...
Scientists discover that Scotland's volcanic landscape 'once rivalled Hawaii'
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 9, 2025
Scientists have long understood that islands such as Skye, Mull, Eigg, Canna and Staffa as well as parts of the mainland were formed from lava flows, however, the way the lava came to the surface has been debated by scientists for over 100 years....
Scientists manage to simulate what the first days of early Earth were like, 4.5 billion years ago
Earth.com
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Earth started out as a ball of liquid fire, its newborn surface closer to a lava lamp than the calm continents we know today. Those incandescent beginnings happened 4.5 billion years ago, yet the evidence is buried miles beneath our feet where...
Why do Iceland’s volcanoes keep erupting, and how dangerous are they?
The Straits Times
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July 17, 2025
Repeated volcanic eruptions have rocked south-western Iceland since December 2023, and the island’s inhabitants are getting used to the sight of lava spewing near populated areas. For the wider world, the eruptions have rekindled memories of the...
Scientists discover volcanoes that shaped Scotland’s islands
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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The Isle of Mull fissures. (University of Aberdeen via SWNS) By Talker By Elizabeth Hunter Scotland's dramatic volcanic landscape once rivalled the fiery activity of modern-day Hawaii, scientists have discovered. Geologists from the University of...
Volcanic Eruption Jolts Iceland: Blue Lagoon & Town Evacuated
London Daily Digital
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July 17, 2025
A dramatic eruption of the Sundhnúkur volcano in southwest Iceland began at approximately 03:56 a.m. local time, opening a 700–1,000 m-long fissure near the crater row around Stóra‑Skógfell, about 50 km from Reykjavík. This marks the twelfth...
Scientists crack the mystery of Skye’s volcanic creation
The Times
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The volcanic landscape that formed Scottish islands such as Skye and Mull once rivalled the explosive volcano hotspot of modern-day Hawaii, scientists have uncovered. In an “extraordinarily significant find” that has helped to settle a scientific...
What Hitler Planned To Do With The U.S. If He'd Won WWII
Grunge
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August 1, 2025
With the distance afforded by history, it may seem like the Allied win in World War II was a done deal. But, at the time — or, at least, in the earliest years of the war — things were not so certain. Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany who...
World United Press International 'High' alert, wildfire threats after Iceland's Sundhnukur volcano erupts
Yahoo News
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July 16 (UPI) -- Icelandic authorities now say threats of wildfires have officials on "high" alert and that eruption fissures were bigger than scientists initially thought after Wednesday's eruption of the once-dormant Sundhnukur volcano. "Seismic...
Watch: Volcano erupts in Iceland spewing lava from the ground
BBC
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July 16, 2025
A volcano has erupted in Iceland spewing out streams of bright yellow and orange lava - the latest in a string of volcanic events in the region in recent years. Iceland has seen about 12 eruptions since volcanic systems on the Reykjanes peninsula...
US ABC News Icelandic volcano erupts again, prompting evacuations at nearby town and Blue Lagoon
Yahoo News
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A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland has prompted evacuations, including at nearby tourist sites like the Blue Lagoon. The Sundhnukur volcano, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, began erupting early Wednesday morning, according to officials....
Blue Lagoon Iceland Volcano Eruption: Lava Erupts Near Tourist Site, Villages Evacuated | Video
Times Now
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July 16, 2025
Photo : AP A powerful volcanic eruption shook Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula early Wednesday, sending rivers of lava spewing from fissures just miles from the iconic Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. It marks the ninth eruption in the region since late...
Volcano erupts in Iceland spewing wall of lava: See photos
AOL
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An Icelandic volcano erupted early Wednesday, spewing a bright red wall of lava in a region known for high seismic activity. The eruption began in the early morning hours of July 16, on the Sundhnúkur Crater Row in the Reykjanes Peninsula of...