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An opening or rupture in the earth’s surface through which lava, hot gases, and fragments of rock erupt. The effect of volcanic eruptions on humans is both direct—lava flow, tidal waves, mud slides—and indirect—releasing ash that affects the lungs or weather

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Per the release, the researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland found the volcanoes in the Cooper-Eromanga basins, located in the north-eastern corner of South Australia and south-western corner of Queensland .

Scientists Discover 'Jurassic World Of Volcanoes' In Central Australia

Also present during the two-hour-long sports program sponsored by the Philippine Sports Commission, National Press Club, PAGCOR, Community Basketball Association, and HG Guyabano Tea Leaf Drinks are Bicol Volcanoes vice president Mark Tan and LCC Malls officials Eric Poiret, Ed Ponce and Christian Tan.

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But until the end of the year, the eruption of three volcanoes is expected.

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There are five major types of volcanoes -- cinder cone, composite, lava dome, stratovolcano and shield.

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" The Volcanoes seized control early on with Justin Coveney scoring the opening five points off a perfectly weighted cross kick from Matthews at the sixth minute.

Philippine Volcanoes flex muscles vs Singapore

The Lady Volcanoes progressed to the semifinals and beat Guam, 10-7, to arrange the championship match with Malaysia, who limped with a loss to Guam in Pool B.

Lady Volcanoes settle for silver in Brunei

The cartogram above visualises the human populations that live within proximity of the world's active volcanoes. It shows a 100km radius drawn around each volcano (see small reference map) which is then resized proportional to the number of people living there.

Under the Volcanoes: Benjamin Hennig charts the impact of volcanoes on nearby human populations

The lava builds up and hardens as many layers on the volcano, making shield volcanoes some of the largest ones in the world.

Hawaii's Kilauea Erupts After Earthquake

Around the globe today, about 800m people live within 100km, and 29m within 10km of active volcanoes.

6 Volcanoes That Could Erupt In 2018

The Philippine Volcanoes will be very active when their even kicks off.

SEA Game: Active PH Volcanoes ready to erupt

Mud volcanoes are geological structures formed as a result ofthe emission ofargillaceous material on the Earth's surface or sea floor.