Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brentan Alexander, Ph.d covers new energy technology and regulation. One of the best known and studied volcanic events linked to a ...

A recent NASA-funded study has linked the 1991 eruption of the Mount Pinatubo to a strengthening of a climate pattern called the Arctic Oscillation. For two years following the volcanic eruption, the ...

FORT LEE, Va. -- Twenty-five years ago this month, a natural disaster in the Philippines forced the eventual closure of all U.S. military bases in the country. Among the facilities that closed were ...

In April 1991, steam explosions were first observed on a little-known volcano called Mount Pinatubo on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Within 11 weeks, on the afternoon of June 15, the volcano ...

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One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to ...

HOW can something that claimed hundreds of lives, damaged thousands of properties, and displaced the indigenous Aeta people produce something as beautiful as a crater lake? This is Mount Pinatubo, an ...

You probably remember the Tonga volcano after all, It was literally the blast heard around the world. In fact according to the U. S. Geological Survey, the explosion could even be heard in Alaska, ...