Using a combination of archaeological and geological evidence, scientists have finally pinpointed the date of the infamous Tierra Blanca Joven eruption, which likely devastated Maya communities in ...

This weekend, a 12-foot steel volcano will be traveling up the Hudson River on a historic fireboat. “Ilopango, the Volcano that Left,” a sculpture by artist Beatriz Cortez, departed for Troy on Friday ...

Combining geological and archaeological evidence from central America with analysis of an ice core from Greenland, a study identifies the date of the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption to within 2 years of ...

Beatriz Cortez, "llopango, the Volcano that Left" (2023), steel, 12 x 19 1/2 x 10 feet (photo by Phillip Byrne, courtesy the artist and Storm King Art Center) LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, artist ...

The Ilopango volcano eruption (also known as Tierra Blanca Joven or TBJ) occurred approximately 1,500 years ago. Pyroclastics currents were dispersed over much of the present territory of El Salvador ...

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