Sandwiches and volcanoes
By Queena N. Lee-ChuaMy student, Shela Bacuño, who teaches science to sixth graders at Uno High School, uses hands-on activities to help her students learn geology.
My student, Shela Bacuño, who teaches science to sixth graders at Uno High School, uses hands-on activities to help her students learn geology.
New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro volcano erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of ash high into the atmosphere of the country’s North Island, scientists said.
A volcano has erupted on New Zealand’s North Island, spreading a layer of thick ash for several kilometers (miles) and causing some nearby residents to evacuate their homes. Some domestic flights were canceled.
TOMOHON, Indonesia—A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled [...]
JAKARTA—An Indonesian volcano erupted late Thursday, spewing rocks, lava and ash hundreds of meters into the air, an official said, three days after its alert status was raised to the highest level. There has been a significant rise in volcanic activity at Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island since June 9, prompting hundreds of people to [...]
MINALIN, Pampanga—Drivers of off-road vehicles (also called 4 by 4, four-wheel drives or all-terrain vehicles) are unheralded heroes in the disaster spawned by Mount Pinatubo’s 1991 eruptions. Their leaders agree to the tag, one that is coming on the 20th anniversary of the blasts, not for themselves but for members who risked their lives when [...]
To mark the 20th anniversary of Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption, award winning photographs taken at the height of the volcano’s fury will be on
exhibition at the Olongapo City Convention Center starting June 15, Wednesday.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Only another eruption can cause the collapse of the wall surrounding the lake that formed at the crater of Mt. Pinatubo after its eruptions 20 years ago, the country’s chief volcanologist said on Wednesday. No major collapse is expected to occur on the wall because the volcano, which gave the world its [...]
