Pumice and volcanic ash soils with Mt Etna in the background. Again, soils originating from volcanic ashes are a natural defense against a historical enemy of Vitis Vinifera called Phylloxera ...

Using volcanic ash for protection against radiation exposure lessens disposal issues after eruptions and turns the waste material into something useful.

At the bottom of the layers of ash and rubble that buried Herculaneum is a layer of fine volcanic ash that may have been deposited by the ash cloud, Giordano said. Vitrification of soft tissue was ...

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

“These eruptions were relatively small but explosive, and they dispersed volcanic ash over areas of interior, south-central, and southeastern Alaska,” according to a report on seismic activity ...

One positive effect of a volcanic eruption is that ash from the volcano can act as a fertiliser for soils. After an eruption the country must respond. Some responses will happen very quickly ...