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Scientists and emergency managers join us on this Alaska Insight. Mount Spurr near Anchorage is showing signs of unrest, and scientists now say an eruption is more likely than not in the near future.
The eruption of Mount Spurr remains likely, and Alaskans have a lot of questions. Last month, we published answers to a list of frequently asked questions about the Southcentral Alaska volcano.
Mount Spurr is nearly 80 miles west of Anchorage, and volcanologists say it’s likely to erupt within weeks or months. That’s a problem for cars because volcanic ash is bad for their engines ...
Alaska Insight is available to stream on pbs.org ... And it's pointed at Mount Spurr. If you come over here, you can see another part of the operations room where we're not just looking at the ...
Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...
Scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory have said that Mount Spurr, a volcano located roughly 80 miles from Anchorage, is likely to erupt in the coming weeks or months based on elevated ...
When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, it can release enormous volumes of ash. Fine ash can infiltrate the lungs of people and ...
Officials say the increased seismic activity is a sign magma is rising beneath Mount Spurr, causing stress and cracking in the surrounding rock, leading to earthquakes. Emergency plans have ...
Nearly 300,000 people in Alaska are at risk ahead of the potential eruption of Mount Spurr, near Anchorage, amid increasing fears the 11,000ft volcano may be set to erupt following dozens of ...
Things are getting a bit spicy at Mount Spurr in Alaska, where geologists have been reporting an increase in seismic activity for almost a year. Based on the latest developments, officials are now ...
The robot, which has been lowered into the active crater which constantly spews rocks and sulphurous gases to send back scientific data from inside the volcano Mount Spurr is one of a string of ...