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Ash cloud causes flight delays

ANCHORAGE - An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby...plumes as high as 22,000 feet over the weekend, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Clouds obscured the volcano Monday, but U.S...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-05-20/ash-cloud-causes-flight-delays
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Volcanic activity calms at Iliamna

The Alaska Volcano Observatory dropped Iliamna's activity level to green Wednesday following a prolonged period of unrest. Activity at the volcano...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-09/volcanic-activity-calms-at-iliamna
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Decision could set in motion Augustine Island geothermal energy

...energy resource on the island and indicates related subsurface and geological data aren't yet available, save for Alaska Volcano Observatory geohazard and volcanology field studies. "We are not geothermal experts," Slemons said. "We don't...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-27/decision-could-set-in-motion-augusti
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Lava dome grows on Cleveland Volcano

...up and scientists are on alert in case it sends up an ash cloud that could threaten trans-Pacific flights.The Alaska Volcano Observatory detected elevated surface temperatures Jan. 24 at Cleveland's summit. Satellite data obtained last...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-06/lava-dome-grows-on-cleveland-volcano
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Iliamna sees unrest during summer months

...below the alert system's highest stage, red. The Alaska Volcano Observatory experienced network problems in May...well below what has been historically observed at Alaska volcanoes and really getting ready to erupt," he said. According...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-09-21/iliamna-sees-unrest-during-summer-mo
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Ring of Fire

...its way to the surface in spectacular fashion. The Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage monitors the area's volcanic...the summit dome. According to studies cited on the Alaska Volcano Observatory Web site, at least 11 avalanches have...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/explore-the-kenai/information/2012-01-01/ring-of-fir
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Alert level raised for Iliamna

Increased earthquake activity has prompted scientists to raise the alert level for an Alaska volcano. Alaska Volcano Observatory officials on Friday elevated the alert status for Iliamna Volcano, located on the west side of...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-03-09/alert-level-raised-for-iliamna
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Irruptions of a feathered kind

...species. While these irruptions are about as predictable as our volcanic eruptions, they are rarely tracked by the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Bird irruptions are irregular occasions when there are large autumn and winter invasions of a species...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2011-11-17/irruptions-of-a-feathered-kind
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Iliamna sees earthquake activity

...episodes of increased earthquake activity over the last three months, according to a news release issued Wednesday by Alaska Volcano Observatory officials. One of the episodes is currently ongoing and is characterized by numerous small earthquakes...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-03-07/iliamna-sees-earthquake-activity
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Redoubt watch: Shaking it up

...can't predict beyond that. It's not following an absolute pattern," said Kate Bull, a volcanologist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "We're seeing something that's a little bit of a different beast," she said, comparing Redoubt's...

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