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At left, Ganymede, Europa and Io—the three Jovian moons passed by NASA's Juno probe—as well as Jupiter itself, as shown in an image illustration created from data collected by the probe's JunoCam camera. Credit: Image data: NASA /JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Photo processing: Kevin M. Age (CC BY); Thomas Thompoulos (CC BY)

Juno passes by Io tomorrow (30/7).

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Io is a raging volcanic world. NASA researchers are specifically looking at a "hot spot" observed by several spacecraft orbiting Jupiter that has grown from snapshot to snapshot
Long exposure shot of the Tongorhua volcano erupting on the night of 29/22/2011. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A new study analyzes the connection between volcanic eruptions and climate changes

Using computer simulations of volcanic eruptions over the past thousand years and theories that analyze the global energy balance, a new study locates and analyzes the connection between volcanic eruptions and various climate changes 
Excavations in the volcanic ash in Santorini. Photo: shutterstock

A volcano, an atomic bomb and an olive branch

Loud and boisterous

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Tambora volcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. Photo: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia.

Frankenstein, volcanoes and climate engineering

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Volcanic eruption at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia. Photo: yosh ginsu

The forecast: earthquake and volcanic eruptions

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Helium atom. From Wikipedia

Discovery of a huge helium gas field in Tanzania

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A harsh climate encourages the breeding of pests and the spread of diseases, which can cause significant changes in human societies. Photo: Justin Kern, Flickr

Volcanic eruptions in the sixth and seventh centuries AD led to a Little Ice Age and dramatic social changes

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The remains of the volcano on the island of Santorini. Photo: shutterstock

on mountains and holes

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The eruption of the Tongorhua volcano in Ecuador, 29/11/2011. Photo: shutterstock

Thanks to the small volcanoes / David Bailo

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The eruption of the underwater volcano that built a new island and the nearby old island of Nishonishima, November 21, 2013, photo: Japanese Coast Guard.

A volcanic eruption caused the creation of an island near Japan (watch the video)

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The pool of heaven - the crater of the Baiito volcano on the border between China and North Korea. From Wikipedia

The Sleeping Giant / Sid Perkins

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The moon is an island

Io-moon of Jupiter, summary of findings - part XNUMX

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The moon is an island

Io-moon of Jupiter, summary of findings - part I

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The Eyjafjallajökull volcano as photographed on May 12 by the MODIS camera on one of the Earth observation satellites. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, NASA GSFC Response Team

Airports in Europe are closed again because of the volcanic ash - this time in Great Britain and Ireland

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The eruption of the volcano in Iceland, April 2010. Photo: National Geographic (for the film shown on May 9 at nine)

The volcanic ash from the third eruption of the volcano in Iceland will not endanger aviation in the country

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The eruption of the volcano in Iceland, April 2010. Photo: National Geographic (for the film shown on May 9 at nine)

On May 9 at National Geographic a film about the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland

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- In June 1982, the four engines of a Boeing 747 of British Airways flew like this when it flew through a cloud of volcanic ash. There were 248 passengers on board. Photo: British Airways/Captain Eric Moody/European Space Agency

The aviation hysteria as a result of the eruption of the volcano in Iceland is due to the impact of volcanic ash on 90 planes in the past

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The eruption of the volcano in Iceland, 27/3/2010. Photo: Boaworm, from Wikimedia, under CC license

Not far from the volcano in Iceland, an island was born in a volcanic eruption in the sixties

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The eruption of the volcano in Iceland, April 15, 2010, as captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's TERRA satellite. Photo by NASA

The eruption of the volcano in Iceland intensifies. Experts: Volcanic ash is like "hard rain" of particles with a high erosion coefficient

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Volcanic ash from the volcano eruption spreads over Britain, 15/4/2010. Photo: ENVISAT satellite of the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency photographed the ash covering Europe from the eruption of the volcano in Iceland

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the great death

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Kilimanjaro will erupt

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The Earth tilted on its side to compensate for a volcanic eruption

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Popular Science/When the Earth Attacks

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