Mount Erebus News Today

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 embarked on a unique sightseeing journey that promised its passengers breathtaking views of Antarctica. However, in the looming shadow of Mount Erebus, this flight turned from an adventure into a catastrophe, claiming the lives of all 257 souls on board. The disaster not…

Deep beneath the harsh wasteland of the Antarctic shelf lies a prize hundreds of millions of years in the making.

UPI – It may seem like a fantastical notion, but in Antarctica, a phenomenon occurs where gold seemingly rains from the sky. Nestled amidst the icy expanse, Mount Erebus, a fiery volcano, stands as the southernmost active volcano on Earth, offering a contrast of warmth amid the frozen terrain. According to a 2017 study, Antarctica […]

Just knowing that the Yellowstone supervolcano is big enough to set records like this is fascinating and frightening.

It’s true that lava is hot enough to burn up some of our trash. When Kilauea erupted on the Big island of Hawaii in 2018, the lava flows were hotter than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,100 Celsius). That’s hotter than the surface of the planet Venus, and hot enough to melt many rocks. …

Mount Erebus, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, spews around 80 grams of gold into the frigid air of Antarctica daily. This amounts to nearly Rs 5 lakh worth of gold dust being ejected every day.

Mount Erebus spews around 80 grams of gold into the frigid air of Antarctica daily.

Volcano produces gold

It’s true that lava is hot enough to burn up some of our trash. When Kilauea erupted on the Big island of Hawaii in 2018, the lava flows were hotter than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,100 Celsius). That’s hotter than the surface of the planet Venus, and hot enough to melt many rocks. …

Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to indigenous people who view them as sacred.