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    Poás Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Poás), is an active 2,697-metre (8,848 ft) stratovolcano in central Costa Rica and is located within Poas Volcano National...
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    vatn) is an active volcano with a (partially subglacial) fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The central volcano is completely subglacial...
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    Haleakalā (redirect from East Maui volcano)
    Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhɐlɛˈjɐkəˈlaː]), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui...
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    Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile...
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    Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (category Submarine volcanoes)
    Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (previously known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about 22 mi (35 km) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii. The...
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    Iron-oxidizing bacteria (or iron bacteria) are chemotrophic bacteria that derive energy by oxidizing dissolved iron. They are known to grow and proliferate...
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  • Aquifex pyrophilus (category Bacteria described in 1992)
    thermophilic bacterium of all known bacteria. A. pyrophilus is an aquatic microbe that is typically found near underwater volcanoes, marine hydrothermal vents...
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  • in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abu or ABU may refer to: Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan...
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    same was true of bacteria in coal seams. He sterilized samples of coal, wetted them, crushed them and then succeeded in culturing bacteria from the coal...
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  • and is the first confirmed species of squat lobster found in the mud volcano environment. When the specimen of Munidopsis taiwanica is fresh, it has...
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    methane hydrate, also spewed from the volcano. This kind of an environment proves attractive to chemical-loving bacteria and tubeworms, although the exact...
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    forms of bacteria embedded in the natural asphalt. After consuming petroleum, the bacteria release methane. Around 200 to 300 species of bacteria were newly...
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  • Oligobrachia resides—whether near a hydrothermal vent or an undersea volcano—the endosymbiotic bacteria oxidize methane, sulfide, or other dominant chemicals present...
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    known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod...
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    gabbro. The eruption of basalt lava is observed by geologists at about 20 volcanoes per year. Basalt is also an important rock type on other planetary bodies...
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    communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea found around hydrothermal vents form the base of the food chain...
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    low as 3–5 and attract acidophilic bacteria that can also oxidize iron sulfide. Periodic eruptions of the Ionia Volcano occurred as erosion exposed fresh...
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    Vailuluʻu (redirect from Nafanura volcano)
    earthquakes, was noted in the area and was originally known as either Rockne Volcano or Faʻafafine seamount. The name Vailuluʻu refers to a sacred rain that...
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    Valley geothermal features at Wikimedia Commons The thermal features at Mud Volcano and Sulphur Caldron are primarily mud pots and fumaroles because the area...
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    Mount Erebus (category Active volcanoes)
    Mount Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/) is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation...
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    the Toba Volcano. Washington: Smithsonian Books. ISBN 978-1588346353. OCLC 1020313538. Population Bottlenecks and Volcanic Winter "Toba Volcano by George...
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    050 ft). Mount Erebus on Ross Island is the world's southernmost active volcano and erupts around 10 times each day. Ash from eruptions has been found...
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    Hygroscopic. Sodium acetate is used as the carbon source for culturing bacteria. Sodium acetate can also be useful for increasing yields of DNA isolation...
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    volcanoes, at depths where the boiling point of water is higher than the melting point of sulfur. Native sulfur is synthesized by anaerobic bacteria acting...
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    The Brothers Seamount (also Brothers Volcano) is a Pacific Ocean submarine volcano in the Kermadec Arc, 340 kilometres (210 mi) north east of New Zealand's...
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  • abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios such as after a nuclear war or a large volcano eruption. 10 January Chemists report studies finding that long-chain fatty...
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    that are often deeper than Mount Everest is tall, as well as deep-sea volcanoes and basins. While it is often difficult for life to sustain itself in...
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    catastrophe that inspired the Atlantis legend. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the European mainland, while others, Mount Etna and Stromboli, are on...
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    evidence of lava flow on Venus (2024), such as flows on Sif Mons, a shield volcano, and on Niobe Planitia, a flat plain. There are visible calderas. The planet...
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    Tajogaite (category Volcanoes of the Canary Islands)
    Tajogaite or Tajogaite Volcano is a monogenetic volcano located in the municipality of El Paso on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Although its...
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