Giant Greek volcano thought dormant for 100,000 years is actually steadily accumulating magma

The Methana volcano in Greece, thought to be dormant for hundreds of thousands of years, has been found accumulating enormous ...
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Greece’s Methana Volcano Awakens After 100,000 Years

New research has challenged the long-held assumption that the Methana volcano in Greece, located about 50km from Athens, is ...
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The volcano that slept for 100,000 years was never truly quiet

A volcano can lie dormant for over 100,000 years not because it is dying, but because water-rich magma is trapped in the ...
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Scientists fear volcano that was ‘extinct’ for 700,000 years has woken up as gas pressure builds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study published by the Geophysical Research Letters journal has found that the volcano’s summit has risen by 3.5in between ...
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Remote volcano wakes up after 700,000 years of dormant silence

Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of ...
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Scientists Uncovered 400 Miles Of Fossilized Volcanoes Beneath China

Scientists say they've discovered a 400-mile chain of extinct and fossilized volcanoes beneath southern China. The volcanoes, the researchers claim, were likely formed when two major tectonic plates ...
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This volcano that 'slept' for 100,000 years was never truly quiet

For more than 100,000 years, the Methana volcano in Greece appeared dormant. No lava, no explosions, no ash clouds. It ...
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Scientists fear volcano that was ‘extinct’ for 700,000 years has woken up as gas pressure builds

A volcano that lies close to the border between Iran and Pakistan may be nearing an eruption again for the first time in more than 700,000 years, a study has suggested. Scientists say that the Taftan ...