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POPSEcuador's "Throat of Fire" begins erupting Tungurahua, which means "Throat of Fire" in the native Quichua language, is 80 miles south of the capital, Quito. It last erupted in August 2006 and has been rumbling and belching rock, gas and ash since January.
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POPSSurprising Activity Discovered at Yellowstone Supervolcano What the researchers think is happening, on a short-term basis at least, is that the bulging Yellowstone hotspot north of the Tetons is pushing against the north edge of Jackson Hole and jamming it against the mountains. (This is also causing the southwest part of the Yellowstone plateau, under the hotspot, to slide downhill at a rate of one-sixth of an inch each year.).
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POPSThera eruption was bigger still Some scientists have suggested that the eruption may be connected to the decline of the Minoan people, an ancient sea-faring civilisation living on nearby Crete. Others have even tried to link the event to the legendary disappearance of the island of Atlantis.
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POPSUnderwater volcano discovered off Sicily The Italian scientists who discovered the volcano have named it Empedocles. The volcano's base covers an area larger than Rome, and it's higher than Paris' Eiffel Tower with one peak only seven metres below the sea's surface.
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POPSRescue drama on slopes of Merapi The fierce heat from the volcano's recent eruptions has melted shovels and the tyres of diggers as rescuers try to dig through two metres of rubble. The two men have been trapped in the bunker since Wednesday night, when they fled there to escape a burning cloud emitted by the simmering volcano.
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