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How do people live near an active volcano?

Posted on 26/07/2021 by Grazia Musumeci

They ask us, all the time. Out relatives from abroad, our friends who never came to visit us, those who look at our photos or read the news. Mount Etna erupts, Stromboli explodes, Vulcano has sulfur steams, Vesuvius sometimes makes the ground shake. How can we do that? How can we live near an active […]

How to recognize fake news about volcanoes

Posted on 05/07/2021 by Grazia Musumeci

Watch out, tourists! The world of web is as useful as it is fake. Fake news bring success and attention to their authors, plus a lot of advertisement. They can be about any aspect of our life and the world around us. When they are about volcanoes and their phenomena, it is a problem. If […]

Etna, the great eruption of 2021

Posted on 28/06/2021 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a volcano that may work in “cycles”, that is, it often passes through phases already experienced in the past. In 2018, after the earthquake that shook the east side of the mountain, volcanologists began to talk about the “cycle of side eruptions”. They were expecting one of those long restless periods that […]

Double eruption and new vents, Mount Etna never stops

Posted on 24/06/2021 (24/06/2021) by Grazia Musumeci

June 23rd, 2021, is a day not to be forgotten. Under the hood of yellow sirocco fog that almost completely hides it from view, the great Mount Etna unleashes a double eruption at the beginning and end of the day. Sudden spikes in values ??announce, in both cases at a short distance, the onset of […]

Mt Etna back again with violent explosions

Posted on 20/06/2021 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna replicates the show concluded just 48 hours earlier with noteworthy explosions. It does so on June 19 with an incredible and unexpected outburst. The lava fountains start quietly around 8 pm and in a very short time they level up becoming very high explosions and pouring blazing boulders on the flanks of the […]