Mount Doom is about to blow! New Zealand volcano used in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movies set to erupt

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235108/Volcano-New-Zealand-used-Mount-Doom-Peter-Jacksons-The-Lord-Rings-movies-set-erupt.html Hikers have been warned to avoid the summit of Mount Ruapehu Partially blocked vent means eruptions ‘over the next weeks to months’ By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 06:17 EST, 19 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:17 EST, 19 November 2012 A New Zealand volcano that featured as Mount Doom in The Lord of the Rings movies […]

Sitting on a landmine: The huge eruptions of the super-volcano under Yellowstone could be more frequent than scientists thought

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137974/The-eruptions-super-volcano-Americas-Yellowstone-FAR-frequent-scientists-thought.html A ‘supervolcano’ eruption is the most catastrophic natural disaster that can hit our planet, short of an asteroid impact – and scientists now believe America’s Yellowstone is more active than we thought. Two million years ago, an eruption of the supervolcano darkened the skies with ash from southern California to the Mississippi River, releasing […]

Will it spark an earthquake? Fears over plans to pour 24 million gallons of water – and $43 MILLION – into Oregon volcano to see if it can create electricity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086985/Newberry-Volcano-Engineers-pour-24-million-gallons-water-Oregon-volcano-create-electricity.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:31 PM on 15th January 2012 Engineers are set to pour 24 million gallons of water into a dormant volcano in Oregon to test whether it can create a renewable source of energy that does not rely on the weather. Water will be pumped into the Newberry […]