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Stratovolcanoes

Suicide Forest

Aokigahara is the forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. It’s mythologized in Japanese literature as a sacred place for people to end their lives – and every year close to a hundred suicides are committed there. Studio 360’s Pejk Malinovski went there to uncover why it lingers in the Japanese psyche. → See a […]

Economic fallout from volcanic ash cloud

Business, Economics and Jobs

Mexico’s ‘Smoking Mountain’ Lives Up To Its Name

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Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua

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Logless Mill

Cotopaxi Pilgrimage

Until recently many Ecuadoran Tigua Indians had never visited the mountain that rises so often from their paintings ?the volcano Cotopaxi. When the government of Ecuador began charging admission, they stopped going. But recently the sons of Ecuador’s most famous Tigua painter climbed their sacred source of inspiration for the first time with producer Nancy Hand.

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In the Shadow of a Volcano

Jana Schroeder reports on the people living near the Popocatepetl (po-po-CAT-uh-pet-ul) volcano in Mexico. Scientists worry an eruption is imminent, but residents trust the mountain will protect them.

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Moon over Kilimanjaro

Environment

Are the retreating glaciers of Mount Kilamanjaro really the iconic symbol of climate change? Joining us to explain this is Doug Hardy from the University of Massachusetts.

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Eurasian peninsula

Environment

It was hard enough to pronounce the name of Iceland’s volcano. Eyjafjallajokull grounded trans-Atlantic flights earlier this year with its ash and smoke. Now another multi-syllabic volcano is sending plumes into the sky. So its easy to spot�

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Iceland volcano

Arts, Culture & Media

A volcano in Iceland features in our Geo Quiz. It’s been erupting for a few days now. So far, the volcano’s spectacular displays of smoke and lava have mostly been a boon for tourism. Bjorn Eriksen manages a hotel within sight of the volcano.