People living in volcanic areas ‘at increased thyroid cancer risk’A new study has revealed that people living in volcanic areas may be at a higher risk of thyroid cancer.
Volcanic eruptions may split Africa: Scientists Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two owing to a recent geological crack in northeastern Ethiopia, researchers said on Tuesday.
Coal-mining outbursts resemble explosive volcanic eruptionsA new research by scientists has suggested that coal outbursts in underground mines occur through a process very similar to what happens during explosive volcanic eruptions.
New species `found in New Zealand`s volcanic area`Biologists discover new species living in a volcanic area in NZ --all microscopic and some potentially useful, which they claim haven`t been found anywhere else.
Scientists to study rebirth of an island after volcanic eruption A team of scientists is all set to study an island in the process of rebirth after a volcanic eruption destroyed life on it recently.