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Editorial: Japan's new volcano headquarters provides chance to heat up disaster prevention
04 May 2024 09:16 GMT
… Japanese government inaugurated a volcanic survey and research promotion … minister and comprises volcanologists and disaster prevention experts … Prefecture's Mount Kusatsu-Shirane in 2018.
Up … Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions, a private …
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Analyzing Volcanic Gases Can Help Us Evade Disaster by Understanding Magma
23 Nov 2022 03:18 GMT
… consider standing on a volcano? Living in a volcano';s shadow is … ScienceDaily.
Japan has 111 active volcanoes, with 15 volcanic "events," including … six fumaroles near the active Kusatsu-Shirane volcano in Gunma Prefecture, which is …
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A novel technique to predict volcanic eruptions now possible, thanks to magma 'foams'
22 Nov 2022 14:20 GMT
… fumaroles around the active Kusatsu-Shirane volcano for 7 years
The … fumaroles near the active Kusatsu-Shirane volcano in Gunma Prefecture, which … foaming, making bubbles of volcanic gases which separate from … system beneath a volcano. A phreatic eruption is …
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Evading Volcanic Disaster: Monitoring “Frothy” Magma Gases for Eruption Signals
21 Nov 2022 18:09 GMT
… gases could forewarn of increased volcanic activity.
Volcanic eruptions are dangerous, but … six fumaroles around the active Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, which lies about 150 kilometers … Integrated Program for Next Generation Volcano Research and Human Resource …
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Volcano breath test helps scientists predict deadly eruptions
21 Nov 2022 23:54 GMT
… why living in active volcanic regions remains a worthwhile … fumerole gas around Kusatsu-Shirane, an active volcano 150 km northwest … foaming, making bubbles of volcanic gases which separate from the … hydrothermal system beneath a volcano and how buoyant the …
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Kusatsu-Shirane volcano erupts leaving one dead and 14 injured
23 Jan 2018 22:39 GMT
… / Agencies) - The Kusatsu-Shirane volcano erupted near a ski resort … can reach two kilometers.
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, 2,171 meters high, … weather agency has raised the volcanic alert status to 3, … in the air.
No volcanic activity had been recorded before …
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One death, skiers injured by flying rocks as Japan's Kusatsu-Shirane volcano erupts
23 Jan 2018 17:16 GMT
… slope at Mount Kusatsu-Shirane with black ash, as volcanic rocks rained down … because of low-level volcanic activity before Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupted around 10am … , resort official Yasuaki Morita said.
Kusatsu-Shirane last erupted in 1983. The …
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Agency raises eruption alert level for Mount Shirane volcano
22 Apr 2018 22:15 GMT
… raised the volcanic alert level for Mount Shirane, situated in … volcanoes located in Gunma and Nagano prefectures collectively called Mount Kusatsu-Shirane … Mount Motoshirane, another Kusatsu-Shirane volcano located south of Mount Shirane, erupted, killing …
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Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane erupts in Japan's Gunma Prefecture, at least 15 injured
24 Jan 2018 00:59 GMT
… January 23, AZERTAC
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of … not to approach the volcano.
Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane is a 2,160 … -meter active volcano with its … springs.
AZERTAG.AZ :Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane erupts in Japan's …
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One killed and 11 injured after Gunma's Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupts
23 Jan 2018 11:14 GMT
… from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane hit a gondola lift and … the weather agency raised the volcanic alert status from 1 to … observed any data showing heightened volcanic activity prior to the … and is one of 50 volcanic mountains continuously monitored by …