Tag: Erupt

Scientists monitoring a supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park in the United States have warned that it is may erupt for the first time in 600,000 years. A swelling magma reservoir, which covers an area the size of Los Angeles, has been rising at a record rate since 2004.

Last week, delegates in Copenhagen were concerned that the leaking of an unfair climate-mitigation proposal would cause a rift between rich and poor countries and derail talks. Today increased tension brought negotiations even closer to the brink.

With the end of the conference just two days away, thousands of activists and credentialed advocates turned up the heat, storming Copenhagen's Bella Center, the venue hosting the talks, to protest the lack of a foreseeable agreement between top emitters by the week's end. Conference organizers went into scramble mode, cracking down with something resembling martial law.