The Rincon de la Vieja volcano erupted on January 30th. The lake level dropped about 10 to 15 meters leaving fumaroles exposed. They now throw gases directly into the air…
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Lagoon at Costa Rica’s Irazú Volcano May Dry Up
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/02/05The lagoon of the Irazú volcano may dry up this month, according to scientists and park rangers. The estimates are based on how much the level has been falling and…
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Getting to Know Costa Rica’s Active Volcanoes
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/04/15There are five active volcanoes in Costa Rica. Four of them are open to the public and frequented by tourists. Visitors enjoy a nature-based scientific experience of a lifetime when…
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January was An Active Month for Earthquakes in Costa Rica
by admin 2019/02/03January provided lots of tremors in Costa Rica. The strongest recorded was on January 31st, near the Osa Peninsula. It was recorded at a magnitude of 5.4. The subduction of…
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Artificial Intelligence & Predicting Costa Rica Volcanoes
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/01/02Costa Rica seeks to develop an alliance between scientists and artificial intelligence in a way not yet fully developed anywhere in the world. The idea is to use IT to…
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Costa Rica Turrialba Volcano Eruptions Destroy Airplane
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/11/27Costa Rica News – Eruptions of the Turrialba volcano have devoured the remains of a Chilean aircraft that fell there in 1964. In that accident, 54 years ago, five people lost…
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The Growth of Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano Crater
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/10/18Costa Rica News – The Turrialba volcano crater has widened due to landslides of the south wall. Scientists discovered large detachments from the south wall of this active crater. They had…
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Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano Erupting
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/10/09Costa Rica News – On Friday night, the Turrialba volcano erupted after nine months without doing so. It exploded in an eruption that launched rocks in a radius greater than 200…