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  The US Geological Survey will use Recovery Act funding to improve its ability to monitor volcanoes and to predict their eruptions. Some of the funds will be used to modernize instrumentation and information systems to state-of-the-art, providing the necessary tools to communicate hazard information quickly to those who need it. The United States and its territories contain 169 volcanoes considered capable of erupting. One, Kilauea in Hawaii, has been erupting continuously for the past 26 years, at times inundating residential areas with lava and at other times requiring national park closures due to explosions and toxic gas. Another, Redoubt Volcano in Alaska, shot ash clouds to heights of more than 50,000 feet several times this year. The three-month long eruption appears to have paused and may have ended, but not before severely disrupting aviation operations, repeatedly dusting Alaskan communities with ash, and forcing an oil storage facility to suspend operations. Photo shows Mt Redoubt eruption. "These stimulus funds will not only create or preserve jobs, but also could very well preserve lives," said Secretary Salazar. "The funds help protect both people on the ground as well as airline passengers flying over the eruption-prone regions. At the same time that the funds are helping public safety, they are also spurring scientific innovation with economic benefits."

  Volcano Monitoring to Benefit from Stimulus Funds RELATED ARTICLES The US Geological Survey will use Recovery Act funding to improve its ability to monitor volcanoes and to predict their eruptions. Some of the funds will be used to modernize instrumentation and information systems to ...

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  Sublime Sand: Desert Dunes Seen From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com

  Deserts are known for being desolate and lifeless, but they are also quite striking and beautiful, especially when seen from above. Different types of sand, topography, wind and climate combine to form a tremendous variety of landscapes. Shifting dunes are carved into an endless number of ...

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  December 2009 Geology and GSA Today highlights | R&D Mag

  December 2009 Geology and GSA Today highlights Boulder, Colorado, USA - Hot topics from this month's Geology include the nature of Martian sediments and minerals, microorganisms that thrive and survive for thousands of years in extremely salty environments, river flood dynamics, relative ...

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  Scientists Explain Hawaii's Origins - US News and World Report

  Scientists Explain Hawaii's Origins Comment The Hawaiian Islands are one of the outstanding volcanic features on Earth, but their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Still in debate has been a theory proposed 40 years ago, which states that mid-tectonic plate hotspots such as Hawaii ...

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  VIDEO: Underwater volcano erupts

  He said that they had found a type of lava never before seen erupting from an active volcano. The West Mata volcano is producing Boninite lavas, believed to be among the hottest lava on Earth in modern times and a type only seen before on extinct volcanoes older than a million years. “It’s ...

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