Acid rain is likely to fall from the skies in Hawaii over the next few days — but scientists say it won't be harmful and is far from the main volcano hazard residents should worry about.

Gases from past large volcanoes have actually lowered Earth's temperatures, triggered lung ailments, caused acid rain and thinned our protective ozone layer. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano isn't ...

Here’s how it works. Why it's incredible: The volcano's crater lake is as acidic as car battery acid, yet it still hosts life. Kawah Ijen is a giant, active volcano on the island of Java with a ...

A DEADLY volcano that spits bright blue lava contains the world's largest acid lake - capable of melting human skin. Kawah Ijen, is a gargantuan volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia ...

ONE of the world’s most active volcanoes has erupted again in Hawaii, spewing nearly 1,000ft lava jets into the sky. That’s ...

Kawah Ijen Crater Lake is green because of the hydrochloric acid in the water. Photograph by Olivier Grunewald Kawah Ijen Crater Lake, at the top of the volcano, is the world's largest such body ...

Normal rain is slightly acidic, with a pH of 5.6, while acid rain generally has a pH between 4.2 and 4.4. Rotting vegetation and erupting volcanoes release some chemicals that can cause acid rain ...

Pinatubo in 1991. "This is because of another gas which is emitted by volcanoes, sulfur dioxide. In the atmosphere SO2 turns to H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) which condenses into little droplets (aerosols).

Beyond carbon dioxide, its atmosphere is, unlike Earth's, filled with churning yellow clouds composed of malodorous sulfuric acid ... involves the innumerable volcanoes which pepper the ...

"There are a few dozen volcanoes on Venus that seem comparable ... but there had only been indirect evidence such as clouds of sulphuric acid in the atmosphere and hotspots detected by infrared ...