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    occurred near Musuan volcano in 1976. Biliran is an solfataric active volcano and a volcanic island located in Biliran Province of the Eastern Visayas Region (Region VIII)‚ in Visayasislands group of the central Philippines. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. Biliran volcano comprises the whole 20x35 km Island of Biliran which is formed by a group of lava domes. It is located across the narrow Biliran Strait from the northern tip of Leyte Island. Biliran volcano is at the northern

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    Did you know that volcanoes helped create the earth? Well if not that is what you are going to learn about in my paper. Guess what volcanoes did make? If you guessed the atmosphere and the ocean then you guessed right great job! Volcanoes can destroy thing but be grateful because you are on this earth because of them.Volcanoes have a huge effect on the outcome of the world. Why are volcanoes important? Volcanoes helps plants and trees by putting out nutrients into the soil. The plants give animals

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    Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur? In geography it is important to be able to describe geographical patterns. The map below shows some of the strongest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world. Can you notice a pattern in the distribution (spread) of volcanoes and earthquakes?

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    How do volcanoes affect people and environments? Each year there are approximately 50-70 volcanoes that erupt. Those volcanoes affect the people and environments in many different ways. According to the article “How many active volcanoes are there? (Tom Simkin and Lee Siebert) there are about 20 volcanoes erupting right now. Volcanoes can affect people and environments in many uncounted ways. One important thing that can affect the environment is that the volcanic soils help the environment in

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    A Look Into Volcanoes By: BJ E-mail: Bran18@aol.com I. Introduction Volcano: defined is a mountain or hill formed by the accumulation of materials erupted through one or more openings (called volcanic vents) in the earth ’s surface. The term volcano can also refer to the vents themselves. Most volcanoes have steep sides‚ but some can be gently sloping mountains or even flat tablelands‚ plateaus‚ or plains. The volcanoes above sea level are the best known‚ but the vast majority of the

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    DO VOLCANOES HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE POWER AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BENEFIT Volcanoes are usually depicted as towering mountains missing a chunk out of the top from which steam‚ ash and lava spew forth. In reality‚ a volcano is any spot on the surface of the Earth where lava flows. Magma finds its way upwards along fissures or cracks in the planet ’s crust and bursts out onto the surface‚ resulting in a volcano. Magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava. If it comes out of the volcano in an explosive

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    With each eruption‚ volcanoes have the potential to eject large amounts of ash‚ gases‚ and sulfuric aerosols into the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Allen‚ 2015). Volcanism helped form Earth’s ancient climate and influences climate change in today’s world (Kasting‚ 1993). A recent example of a volcano influencing climate include the 1982 El Chichon eruption in Mexico‚ which is regarded as the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history (Mass‚ 1989). Ancient examples of climate-changing

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    Volcanoes affect people in many ways‚ some are good‚ some are not. Some of the bad ways are that houses‚ buildings‚ roads‚ and fields can get covered with ash. As long as you can get the ash off (especially if it is wet)‚ your house may not collapse‚ but often the people leave because of the ash and are not around to continually clean off their roofs. If the ashfall is really heavy it can make it impossible to breathe. Lava flows are almost always too slow to run over people‚ but they can certainly

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    The two volcanoes from these events are called stratovolcanos‚ meaning they are volcanoes built up of alternate layers of lava and ash(citation)‚ and cone shaped. Neither of these volcanoes are shield volcanoes‚ which are broad‚ domed volcanoes with gently sloping sides‚ characteristic of the eruption of fluid‚ basaltic lava(citation). Both of these volcano’s had a huge impacts on humans‚ human structures and property‚ and had very high damage costs. The major Mount St. Helens eruption was on

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    Active volcanoes in the Philippines Active Volcano | Location | Elevation (m) | Province | Eruption & Activity Status | Babuyan Claro | 9°31′23″N 121°56′24″E / 9.523°N 121.940°E / 9.523; 121.940 (Babuyan Claro) | 1080 | Cagayan | 1831‚ 1860‚ 1913‚ 1917. Thermal | Banahaw | 14°04′N 121°29′E / 14.07°N 121.48°E / 14.07; 121.48 (Banahaw) | 2158 | Quezon | mudflows 1730‚ 1743(?)‚ 1843‚ 1909‚ with (?) explosive activity | Biliran | 11°33′29″N 124°30′47″E / 11.558°N 124.513°E / 11

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