Igneous Rocks

How volcanic activity has influenced our rainfall

8 Apr 2012

Since the establishment in 1883 of the Royal Observatory Hong Kong (renamed Hong Kong Observatory after the handover), continuous records have been kept at the headquarters station in Tsim Sha...

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Who said it?

3 Aug 2011

I can think of no greater fantasy than to be an explorer and see what no human eye has seen

Filmmaker James Cameron, on exploring the oceans' depths

He doesn't always...

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Devil's advocate

24 Apr 2011

'Don't stand still,' warns Manolo, our guide, 'your shoes might melt.'

Nervous smiles, shifting feet, I can feel the heat on my big toe.

'Here,' says Manolo, as he...

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Intelligently told story links teens, wars - and a volcano

30 Jan 2011

Burning Mountain
By L.J. Adlington
Published by Hodder Children's Books
ISBN 978 0 340 95682 3

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Go with the flow

10 Oct 2010

As far as stratovolcanoes go, Mount Mayon is a beauty, having as it does an almost symmetrically conical shape. In December, though, scientists were predicting that Mayon, in the Philippines'...

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2012 (DVD)

12 Feb 2010

Fans of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day are bound to enjoy 2012. It's a typical Roland Emmerich end-of-the-world movie and a mixture of the two blockbusters: highly entertaining,...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Efforts to stall climate change

Climate change is set to warm the world by several degrees into the next century, so scientists are thinking about a variety of sun shade solutions to combat rising temperatures. This month's...

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Extension of landfill threatens important volcanic remains

The Association for Geoconservation strongly objects to the excision of about 5 hectares of land from the existing area of Clear Water Bay Country Park for the extension of the South East New...

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Nature's fireworks

A volcano is a place where liquid rock bursts through a planet's surface. The rock is so hot that it has been melted. Volcanoes can be amazing to watch but dangerous to be near

Art...

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Slice of Life

From the South China Morning Post this week in: 1923

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Finding the perfect lava

Volcanic source Designer Giorgio Armani has conquered the fashion industry. He has a successful makeup range and now he is turning his attention to the skin care sector with the launch of Crema...

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Yemeni soldiers killed as island volcano erupts

A volcano erupted on an island off Yemen's Red Sea coast, killing at least three Yemeni soldiers and spewing lava hundreds of metres into the air.

Reuters reported a government...

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